Re: 'do' read file

[scorpio17]

In general, I think it's considered "bad practice" to put executable code into a config file. Try doing something like this instead:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

use Config::Auto;
use Data::Dumper;

my $config = Config::Auto::parse("1.spec", format => "equal");
print Dumper($config), "\n";

And change your config file ("1.spec") to something like this:

NAME = Philip
AGE = 21

When you run this code, you should get this output:

$VAR1 = {
          'NAME' => 'Philip',
          'AGE' => '21'
        };

In other words, $config is a hash ref pointing to the data read from the config file.

Config::Auto is very powerful, and can handle much more complicated situations. Read more about it on CPAN.

[jdporter]

In general, I think it's considered "bad practice" to put executable code into a config file.

So don't think of it as a config file. Think of it as a module for setting some variables.

(That said, I have nothing against Config::Auto. They should call it Config::Awesome.:-)