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=head1 TITLE
Perl resource configuration
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Jonthan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Aug 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 114
=head1 ABSTRACT
Perl should provide a mechanism to have common code autoloaded from a
file.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Many other programs have so called "resource configuration" files (at
least that's what I call them) that are loaded and interpretted upon
program startup. Some example programs that have this ability include
bash, mutt, and python. Perl should do the same.
A C</etc/perlrc> file could be used to set system-wide defaults that
the system administrator would like to promote. For instance,
C</etc/perlrc> could turn on stricture or warnings.
This RFC proposes that Perl 6 support 2 "rc" files: a per-user file
located in the user's home directory C<~/.perlrc> and a global "rc"
file, C</etc/perlrc>, that affects all instances of perl running on
the machine.
Note that this is couched in terms of a Unix-ish filesystem. Perl
should support the analogous concept for the other platforms on which
it compiles.
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Make perl look for the rc files.
=head1 REFERENCES
Perl 5.6.0 Documentation
python documentation
bash documentation
mutt documentation
