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diff --git a/perl/DXMsg.pm b/perl/DXMsg.pm
index 85c9e68e..5c990177 100644
--- a/perl/DXMsg.pm
+++ b/perl/DXMsg.pm
@@ -1235,6 +1235,9 @@ sub AUTOLOAD
 	$name =~ s/.*:://o;
 	
 	confess "Non-existant field '$AUTOLOAD'" if !$valid{$name};
+	# this clever line of code creates a subroutine which takes over from autoload
+	# from OO Perl - Conway
+	*{$AUTOLOAD} = sub {@_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{$name} = $_[1] : $_[0]->{$name}} ;
 	@_ ? $self->{$name} = shift : $self->{$name} ;
 }