I think you hit the nail on the head. This sounds to be *exactly* what I'm looking for. I found this on problems File::ShareDir solves.
Another method is to put the data "file" after the __DATA__ compiler tag and limit yourself to access as a filehandle.
Right inside of File::ShareDir. Thanks a ton.
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