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Here's a "Clever" solution ;)

Define a config format that begins with "1;\n__END__\n", and continues with whatever sort of config data you like.
Have your users put "myapp.conf" anywhere in @INC. Optionally recognize a special environment var (say, MYAPP_HOME) to temporarily push onto @INC, just in case they don't feel like fooling around with PERL5LIB :)

In your code:

{
local @INC = @INC;
unshift @INC, $ENV{MYAPP_HOME} if defined $ENV{MYAPP_HOME};
require 'myapp.conf';
}
open my $conf, '<', $INC{'myapp.conf'} or die 'Flaming death';
1 while <$conf> ne "__END__\n";
enjoy($conf);
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In reply to Re: Config files in CPAN modules? by hobbs
in thread Config files in CPAN modules? by jimt

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