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<p>Its not really clear how much is needed: "<i>assign values to arrays and hashes</i>" covers a wide range. INI does not get you very far, of course, and I often have comma separated values on one line. But the code is nice if the OP just needs something to work from. </p>
<p>On the question of 'additional modules', what you've tried to explain above is true. If you are distributing a script, there is really no difference to distributing it with the addition of another pure perl file that just happens to be a CPAN module rather than one you've written yourself. You can even inline it in the main script if just having one file eases people's concerns.</p>
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