... the docs seemed to be pretty emphatic that variable names should not be exported, so I was using full qualification instead.
But the variables the Exporter docs warn against exporting are package variables (AFAIU, the only variables that can be exported by the module in question), i.e., global variables, which are commonly acknowledged to have the potential "horrible effects at-a-distance" also referred to in the docs.
Your OPed question seems to boil down to "How can I use global variables without endangering my sanity?". The generally accepted short answer is "You can't!". (Remember: There is no Sanity Claus.)
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