[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have to write several perl scripts with a number of modules included.
Therefore, I have to type many "use" statements at the top of each script. Is
there a way to dump all these "use" statements in a different file and then just
include that file everytime I have to include these "use" statements?
I know that writing a module is a great way to do something like that, but
doesn't a module export variables and subroutines? How can I make a module
export "use" statements?
Perl has three distinct ways of separating content: modules, packages,
and objects. Modules do not export variables and subroutines; packages
do. Or to be specific, packages can export variables and subroutines to
the main package.
You can use a module as a straight-forward include. Simply list the
material you want and it will be including in the package where the
'use' command is.
In the main file:
use MyUseList;
Create a file called MyUseList.pm and add your list.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
# Your list goes here
1; # Modules must return a non-false value
__END__
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--- Shawn
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SS Heart of Gold, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_
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