After getting this to work, I realize that the documentation is incomplete.

Here are the things you need to fix, to get this to work:

• Fix setting $vars as shown in my previous post (Not really REQUIRED)
• Comment-out "$tmpl->add_templates(" - this pollutes the cache.
• Change the next line to : $tmpl->compile( 'templ'); # Remove 'demo'
• Change the 'render' line to : render( 'templ', $vars )
• print out $$rendered (Note the TWO $'s) (Optional debugging step)
• In the template '.tmpl' file, Remove the "INCLUDE" for the variables. Include is intended for including other FILEs.

The 'compile' automatically adds the ".tmpl' suffix, and searches for a file with that name in the 'search_dirs'.

Here are the last few lines of the code:

#$tmpl->add_templates( { demo => 'templ.tmpl' } ) ; # Commented OUT
$tmpl->compile( 'templ');  #( was 'demo' ) ;
my $rendered = $tmpl->render( 'templ', $vars ) ;
print $$rendered;
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There are a few other minor issue's - but they will become obvious once your template starts rendering. Happy templating !.

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