Simple question, complex situation.
I'm trying to have a routine that will populate a package with a "default" set of data.
Naturally, the normal way to do this would be to bless the data and create a class. However, due to legacy reasons, I need an actual package with "normally" defined variables and subroutines.
Basic Summary:
$name='Foo';
&populate($name);  #If someone figures out an OO method of this, that'
+s fine too
#package Foo now has the default values
$::oldpackage=$__PACKAGE__;
package $name;
#Change it from the defaults
$bar='baz';
package $::oldpackage;  
#continue on with the program, now that Foo has all the data I want.

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This psuedo-code has many problems though, and I'm a long way from making it reality. Can anyone help me figure this out?

In reply to Variable Package Names? by swiftone

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