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#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;

# Only needed to find modules in the dist archive.
use FindBin qw($Bin);
use File::Spec;
use lib File::Spec->catfile($Bin,'..','lib');

# actual example code

use Config::Param;

my $p = Config::Param::get
(
	 'para', 0, 'p', 'a parameter'
	,'meter', 'another', 'm', 'another'
);

print "I could have done some work with '$p->{para}' and '$p->{meter}'.\n";