Put the config stuff into a hashref so that it doesn't get confused with symbols to be exported.

use MyModule { foo' => 'bar' }, qw/do_something do_something_else/;

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Your import method would go something like this:

sub import {
   my $class  = shift;
   my $config = ref($_[0]) ? shift : {};

   # do stuff with $config here

   unshift @_, $class;      # restore $class onto @_ for Exporter
   goto \&Exporter::import; # need to use "goto" to ensure tail call
}

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The alternative would be to use Exporter::TypeTiny which has a hook called _exporter_validate_opts exactly for doing this kind of thing...

package MyModule;

use strict;
use warnings;
use base 'Exporter::TypeTiny';

our @EXPORT_OK = qw( something something_else );

sub _exporter_validate_opts {
   my ($class, $config) = @_;
   # do stuff with $config here
}

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Though it's worth noting that the $FOO variable here is basically a global. So if two different modules use your module, they will stomp on each others' config.

Rather than using a global variable to store your config, it's better to use a lexical, and then export functions that close over that lexical. Sub::Exporter is generally the go-to module for doing that sort of thing; Exporter::TypeTiny can as well, but currently the interface for doing so is not as clean. (It's on my todo list.)

use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name

In reply to Re: Importing methods and configuration at the same time? by tobyink
in thread Importing methods and configuration at the same time? by PopeFelix

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