Template file include in code?

[DreamT]

So, I have 2 files: file.pl, that is a script that posts an xml call to a certain service, and file.dat, that is a template file for the xml posting.

Everything works just fine, but due to distribution reasons i'd like to include the template in the script. The obvious solution is to include the template in a variable, but I want to do it in a more easy managed way.
Any suggestions?

[moritz]

See the description of the DATA file handle in perldata.

[DreamT]

Ok! Is it availabel for Perl 5 as well?

[Anonymous Monk]

The perl6 bit is just his sig.

[tswall]

May I offer an example, my esteemed monks?

use strict;
use warnings;

print <DATA>;

__DATA__
<myXML>
  <myData>This is some data.</myData>
</myXML>