package MyProgramConfiguration ;

use strict ;
use warnings ;

# Take this as a starting point,
# *NOT* as an example, *PLEASE*!!!
my %config = (
  color => 'yellow',
  beverage => 'chinotto',
  food => 'pizza',
  driver => 'Schumacher',
) ;

my gimmeconf {
  # I don't care how you called me (class or object method)
  return %config ;
}

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use strict ; # don't leave it out
use MyProgramConfiguration ;

my %c = MyProgramConfiguration->gimmeconf() ;