Make it a module. use will automatically run the code at compilation time. You can even leave out the explicit BEGIN block.

Also, pull those use clauses out of your function. use is unconditionally executed at compile time, so putting them in there is just misleading.

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In reply to Re: Where to put long BEGIN blocks used by many programs... by Aristotle
in thread Where to put long BEGIN blocks used by many programs... by argv

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