You wrote: "If you already have a bonefide module as .pm, then you'll necessarily want to create a commandline driver that will use this module, handle commandline arguments, then do something useful with the functionality encapsulated with the module.".

Yes, that is actually what I have now, except that there are no command line arguments. If there were any command line args, then I would keep what I have (a very short driver program). All of this code that spews out explanations to the user about the config file is already part of the object. This is not a module test target, it is more analogous to a regex decompile thing.

At the end of the day, I may or may not do this. But if I want to do it, I know how to do it. This is actually not a "big deal" either way. I have already released the 6th year code and as such this is more of an academic question. However major revisions are planned for year #7. I've got months to think about this. I just wanna understand the options that I have.

In reply to Re^2: Difference between executing and "using" a .pm file by Marshall
in thread Difference between executing and "using" a .pm file by Marshall

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