Config/Vars version 0.01
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Config::Vars makes it easier to declare and initialize configuration
variables in a central perl module. Without Config::Vars, you have to
list each variable name three times in order for it to be usable from
every module in your program. You have to list it on a "use vars" or
"our" declaration, you have to add it to @EXPORT or @EXPORT_OK, and
you have to initalize the variable.
With Config::Vars, instead of:
use strict;
package MyVars;
use Exporter;
use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK $foo @bar %fred);
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT_OK = qw($foo @bar %fred);
$foo = 42;
@bar = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
%fred = map {$_=>1} @bar;
You can do:
use strict;
package MyVars;
use Config::Vars;
var $foo = 7;
var @bar = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
var %fred = map {$_=>1} @bar;
@ISA, "use Exporter", @EXPORT_OK, and "use vars" are all taken care of
for you. Note that your module must still end with a true value.
DEVELOPMENT STATE
Config::Vars is a brand new module. It has a decent test suite, but
it hasn't been used much in the Real World yet. Thus it should be
considered "beta" software. If six months pass without any bugs being
reported, or any features being added, I'll bump the version to 1.0.
INSTALLATION
To install this module, do the standard Perl module four-step:
perl Makefile.PL or perl Makefile.pl LIB='my/install/path'
make
make test
make install
DEPENDENCIES
This module requires these other modules and libraries:
Carp
Exporter
Filter::Simple
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Eric J. Roode, roode@cpan.org
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric J. Roode. All Rights Reserved. This module
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.