in reply to Development version of a script?

Yes you can do that. require Path::to::file; is the canonical way to do it.

Perl will read in this file and its contents become part of your script. See require.

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A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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