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This is a beginner question. I'm in the process of trying to clean up a Perl module I wrote that defines several variables that are used commonly by several scripts (e.g. things like $path_to_log_dir, $path_to_my_exe, @array_of_common_things, etc). Currently:

• these common variables are not explicitly scoped (i.e. no "my" or "our")
• neither the module nor the scripts are using "use strict"
• there is no package declaration in the module

The scripts work fine, but because of what I have been learning on perlmonks, I know that I really need to clean this up.

Here is what I plan to do:

1. add "use strict" to module and all scripts
2. use a package declaration in the module
3. export all subs in module with @EXPORT_OK

Here is my question: for the common variables mentioned earlier, what is the best way to make them available to the scripts? Should I declare them as "our" variables, or should I just create a subroutine in the module and pass copies of the variables to the scripts by way of the subroutine, or would something else be better?

I am grateful for any help/suggestions you could offer.

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