package HTML::Seamstress::Base; # derive from HTML::Seamstress use base qw(HTML::Seamstress); # create sub comp_root: # put a "/" on end of path - VERY important use vars qw($comp_root); BEGIN { $comp_root = '/home/metaperl/perl/src/seamstress/ctb/'; } #BEGIN { # $__PACKAGE__::comp_root = '/home/metaperl/perl/src/seamstress/ctb/' #} use lib $comp_root; sub comp_root { $comp_root } 1;