my ($name, $field) = (ref $_) ? (@$_) : ($_, $_);
- for (qw/DESTROY AUTOLOAD CLONE/) {
- Carp::carp("Having a data accessor named '$name' in '$class' is unwise.")
- if $name eq $_;
- }
+ Carp::croak("Illegal accessor name '$name'")
+ unless $name =~ /\A[A-Z_a-z][0-9A-Z_a-z]*\z/;
+
+ Carp::carp("Having a data accessor named '$name' in '$class' is unwise.")
+ if $name =~ /\A(?: DESTROY | AUTOLOAD | CLONE )\z/x;
my $alias = "_${name}_accessor";