If one of the subs in the module is trying to read from DATA then the __DATA__ has to be in the module file.

Since even I don't understand what I just wrote - I'll rephrase ;-)

• The __DATA__ tag has to be in the module if the code reading from <DATA> is in the module.
  
• If you are reading from DATA in the .pl file then the __DATA__ has to be in the .pl file (although in this case you can use __END__ interchangeably with __DATA__).
• You cannot (AFAIK) read from __DATA__ in another file.

Hope this helps.

   larryk                                          
perl -le "s,,reverse killer,e,y,rifle,lycra,,print"

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