sub my_get_data_section {
  my $section = shift;
  my $data    = Data::Section::Simple::get_data_section($section);
  # probably error handling here...
  return wantarray ? split("\n", $data) : $data;
}

my $line  = my_get_data_section( $section );
my @lines = my_get_data_section( $section );