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print DATA Dumper( \%somehash );

open DATA, "<$datafile" or die "$!";
{
    local $/;
    %somehash  = %{ eval <DATA> };
}

Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at somescript.pl line
+ 22, <DATA> chunk 1.

%somehash  = %{ eval { <DATA> } };

Ambiguous use of %{eval{...}} resolved to %eval{...} at somescript.pl 
+line 22.
Global symbol "%eval" requires explicit package name at somescript.pl 
+line 22.
syntax error at somescript.pl line 22, near "%{ eval { "
syntax error at somescript.pl line 23, near "}"
Execution of somescript.pl aborted due to compilation errors.