'use base' is a nice trick, something that certainly goes a step in the right direction instead of making @ISA references, which are a little strange anyway. At first sight, I was expecting something like @PCI to show up there for whatever equally mysterious reason.

Am I crazy to dream of a SuperExporter which could handle all of this for you automatically? 
package Xyz;

use strict;

use SuperExporter (
        EXPORT    => qw [
                FunctionAlpha
                FunctionBeta
                FunctionCharlie
                $scalarDelta
        ],
        EXPORT_OK => qw [
                FunctionEcho
                $scalarFoxtrot
        ],
        VERSION   => '1.0.2.3',
);

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Which would eliminate the unsavoury 'use vars', BEGIN{}, and a host of other strangeness, all at the expense of a non-standard module with a customized 'import()' routine. A bargain at half the price!

In reply to Re^2: Standard Package Preamble by tadman
in thread Standard Package Preamble by tadman

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