Instead of using anonymous array references, I was just going to use the same system that CGI.pm uses, not unlike processing a UNIX command line argument set. In that case, there are reserved words 'VERSION', 'EXPORT', etc. that trigger certain processing in the module. The rest are treated as parameters. The only downside is that to export a function called 'VERSION', for whatever reason, you would have to explicitly list it as '&VERSION'.

Further, instead of latching on to the Exporter's import routine, it might be better to rewrite it to avoid the extra call and the @ISA use. What Exporter does is really neat, but isn't exactly rocket science.

As much of a fan as I am of anonymous hashes, arrays, and references, in this case, it does seem to complicate what is supposeed to be a simplifying operation.

On a side note, it's too bad that there aren't qw-style operators that return references:

    my ($ref) = qwa[ a better camel ];
    print @$ref,"\n";
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Oh, and Exporter::Easy sounds a lot like Bone::Easy, no?