Begin-Declare Begin::Declare - compile time my and our don't you hate writing: my ($foo, @bar); BEGIN { ($foo, @bar) = ('fooval', 1 .. 10); } when you should be able to write: MY ($foo, @bar) = ('fooval', 1 .. 10); just "use Begin::Declare;" and you can. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Begin::Declare You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Begin-Declare AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/Begin-Declare CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Begin-Declare Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/Begin-Declare/ LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2011 Eric Strom This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.