This is the Text::Oyster module. Text::Oyster provides perl token evaluation within the context of a text tempalate. Indeed, another template module. To install the module: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Changes 0.30 Removed an errant warn statement. Build distribution using 'make dist' 0.29 Allow assignment of hash elements with undef values. Uses evaluation package name correctly. 0.27 Added package data cleanup method, optional autocleaning at DESTROY. -- Steve McKay steve@colgreen.com