That makes the variable name collision less likely, but what if you pick a package name someone else is using? (If your code ends up in a module somewhere and someone else uses it, there's a possibility.) Plus, it means your template variable references will require package name prefixes. (I suppose you could also put a package statement and the templating sections within a block.)

I doubt it's as efficient as just using the fetch hashref method, but I don't have numbers to back that up. You'll still have potential typos to deal with (in your template), and symbolic references (for little gain, in my opinion), and you'll have to write more documentation on what's going on (and hopefully why) for yourself and future potential maintainers.

I don't think this technique is going to save you anything over the method DBI already provides, in the long run.

In reply to RE: (Package Data) RE: (3) You can't get there from here.... by chromatic
in thread References of Eternal Peril by mwp

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