Exporting the variables from another package is probably a better way to go about this, rather than using a require. (And, exporting a hash of the variables is even cleaner.)

# file: MyConf.pm

package MyConf;
use strict;
use vars qw( @ISA @EXPORT_OK @EXPORT  %Conf );

require Exporter;

@ISA       = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT_OK = qw( %Conf );
@EXPORT = @EXPORT_OK;

$Conf{'foo'} = 'bar';
$Conf{'this guy walks into a'} = 'bar';


# file: test.pl
use strict;
use MyConf;

print "$Conf{'foo'}\n";
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