I am trying to do something like this:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML::XS;

my $data = LoadFile('file1.yml');
$data = LoadFile('file2.yml');
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I'd like for $data to contain the YAML structure from both file1.yml and file2.yml. Not sure how to do this though. I can accomplish it like this:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML::XS qw(LoadFile);

my @files = qw( /tmp/file1.yml /tmp/file2.yml );

my $test = { };
foreach my $file ( @files ) {
    my $data = LoadFile($file);
    my $name = $data->{name};
    $test->{$name} = { %$data };
}
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But, I am not sure if it is the best way to do it.

Also, I was under the impression that YAML::XS could load two different documents. So, I have a YAML file like this:

---
name: file1
---
name: file2
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And my code looks like so:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML::XS qw(LoadFile);
use Data::Dumper;

my $data = LoadFile( '/tmp/test.yml' );
print Dumper($data);
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The output using YAML::XS looks like this:

$VAR1 = {
          'name' => 'file2'
        };
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Oddly, using YAML::Tiny with the following code:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML::Tiny;
use Data::Dumper;
 
my $data = YAML::Tiny->read('/tmp/test.yml');
print Dumper($data);
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I get the output I would expect:

$VAR1 = bless( [
                 {
                   'name' => 'file1'
                 },
                 {
                   'name' => 'file2'
                 }
               ], 'YAML::Tiny' );
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YAML::Syck has the opposite problem that YAML::XS shows (it doesn't load the next document, so I am left with the first document):

$VAR1 = {
          'name' => 'file1'
        };
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I'm confused. What behavior should be expected here? I would think YAML::Tiny's, but I could very well be wrong.

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