It's a lousy perl script to begin with, and I'd be humiliated if I had to admit that I wrote it. Fortunately I did not. But, you have me thinking here about the pros and cons of single file w/ modules or separate module files.

The reason I'd want one file is to make it easier to admin when updates are made available, which happens often. Testing can be done easier by simply running a separately named script. The script and supporting files are hardcoded to run out of a specific directory, so I cannot create a new one with updated module files.

But anyway, it appears module files aren't the true problem. It's the bad code design and unnecessary dependancies that are at issue.

Hmm.... Thanks for making me think harder about this.

In reply to Re^2: Global variable declarations with packages by spoulson
in thread Global variable declarations with packages by spoulson

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