my (%symbols, $source);
    foreach my $vfile (vf_load($file, $SOVFM_pat)) {
        my $symbol = vf_marker($vfile);
        $symbol =~ s/^__|__\n//g;
        push @{$symbols{$symbol}}, $vfile;
    }
    
    foreach my $symbol (keys %symbols) {
        no strict 'refs';
        my $fq_symbol = "${package}::${symbol}";
        @$fq_symbol = @{$symbols{$symbol}};
        $$fq_symbol = $symbols{$symbol}[0];
        my $impl = tie *$fq_symbol, $class, $fq_symbol, -w $file;
        tie %$fq_symbol, $class."::Data", $impl;
    }