Attribute - create your own subtype

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The "sex" field is either "m" or "f".

examples/perloop/person04/script/person.pl

use strict;
use warnings;
use v5.10;

use Person;

my $student = Person->new( name => 'Foo' );

$student->sex('m');
say $student->sex;

$student->sex('male');

examples/perloop/person04/lib/Person.pm

package Person;
use strict;
use warnings;

sub new {
    my ($class, %args) = @_;

    my $self = \%args;

    bless $self, $class;

    return $self;
}

sub name {
    my ($self, $value) = @_;
    if (@_ == 2) {
        $self->{name} = $value;
    }

    return $self->{name};
}

sub sex {
    my ($self, $value) = @_;
    if (@_ == 2) {
       die qq{Attribute (sex) does not pass the type constraint because:}
            if $value ne 'm' and $value ne 'f' ;
        $self->{sex} = $value;
    }

    return $self->{sex};
}

1;