Rule #1 of programming: Repetition is evil. 
my @xvars;
BEGIN { @xvars = qw($PACKAGE_REQUEST_ID $BUGNUMBER $KBARTICLE $DISTMET
+HOD $MINSP $MAXSP $ISNONINSTALLINGPKG $JOBBRANCHNAME $HOTPATCHBINARIE
+S $BINARIESAFFECTED $BUGTITLE) }

use vars ( qw(@ISA @EXPORT $VERSION), @xvars );

require Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = ( qw(Execute GetValue), @xvars );

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    -- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos

In reply to Re: Re: Exporting scalars from a module by chip
in thread Exporting scalars from a module by sonic

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