Mason's various pieces revolve around the notion of "components". A component is a mix of HTML, Perl, and special Mason commands, one component per file. So-called "top-level" components represent entire web-pages, while smaller components typically return HTML snippets for embedding in top-level components.

This sounds like what you want, but my reading of the docs suggests that components don't quite work like subroutines. Maybe you could give us some more information about exactly how your existing "xyz" template system calls Perl functions. Can you tell us what "xyz" is or is that a trade secret at your company?

In reply to Re^3: thoughts on creating modular perl for web application by jdalbec
in thread thoughts on creating modular perl for web application by emilford

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