Re: Using __DATA__ from a package

I'm not sure, but I think DATA is not scoped to a package, but to a compilation unit (basically the file). So there is no such thing as Package::DATA.

<DATA> would reference the same thing from any package, provided they are all in the same file.

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Re^2: Using __DATA__ from a package by Anonymous Monk on Jun 18, 2013 at 04:01 UTC
I'm not sure `[perldoc://__DATA__] -> [href://http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/__DATA__.html\|__DATA__] -> [doc://perldata]#[doc://perldata#Special-Literals]` __DATA__ -> __DATA__ -> perldata#Special Literals Text after __DATA__ may be read via the filehandle PACKNAME::DATA , where PACKNAME is the package that was current when the __DATA__ token was encountered. The filehandle is left open pointing to the line after __DATA__. The program should close DATA when it is done reading from it. (Leaving it open leaks filehandles if the module is reloaded for any reason, so it's a safer practice to close it.) For compatibility with older scripts written before __DATA__ was introduced, __END__ behaves like __DATA__ in the top level script (but not in files loaded with require or do) and leaves the remaining contents of the file accessible via main::DATA .	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Using __DATA__ from a package
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 18, 2013 at 04:01 UTC

I'm not sure

[perldoc://__DATA__] -> [href://http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/__DATA__.html|__DATA__] -> [doc://perldata]#[doc://perldata#Special-Literals] __DATA__ -> __DATA__ -> perldata#Special Literals

Text after __DATA__ may be read via the filehandle PACKNAME::DATA , where PACKNAME is the package that was current when the __DATA__ token was encountered. The filehandle is left open pointing to the line after __DATA__. The program should close DATA when it is done reading from it. (Leaving it open leaks filehandles if the module is reloaded for any reason, so it's a safer practice to close it.) For compatibility with older scripts written before __DATA__ was introduced, __END__ behaves like __DATA__ in the top level script (but not in files loaded with require or do) and leaves the remaining contents of the file accessible via main::DATA .

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