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in reply to Mixing documentation and data

Everything after __DATA__ is considered data.

Have you tried this:
package FOO::Messages; sub foo{} =head1 __DATA__ This is the data stuff here. =cut 1; __DATA__ data stuff here.

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Re^2: Mixing documentation and data
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 01, 2013 at 07:26 UTC
    So you want to duplicate the data?
        But you can have pod after __DATA__
Re^2: Mixing documentation and data
by KurtZ (Friar) on Feb 02, 2013 at 10:00 UTC
    Don't_repeat_yourself

    In software engineering, Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) is a principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information of all kinds!