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+package Helper;
+use strict;
+
+use Exporter();
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
+$VERSION = 0.01;
+@ISA=qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT=qw(&get_option);
+
+sub get_option ($$) {
+    my $file = 'Cache';
+    my $response;
+    my $var = shift;
+
+    require "$file.pm";
+    if(defined($Cache::{$var})){
+			$response=$Cache::{$var};
+			return $$response;
+		}
+
+		my $request = shift;
+		my $filename;
+		my $path;
+		foreach $path (@INC) {
+			$filename="$path/$file.pm";
+			last if (-e $filename);
+		}
+		print STDERR "Enter $request\n";
+		$response=<STDIN>;
+		chop($response);
+		open(CACHE,"<$filename") or die "Cannot open cache for reading";
+		undef $/;
+		my $cache = <CACHE>;
+		$/="\n";
+		close CACHE;
+		$cache =~ s/^(\@EXPORT\s*=\s*qw\(\s*[^\)]*)\)\s*;/$1 $var\)\;/msg;
+		$cache =~ s/^1;[\n\s]*\Z/\$$var=\"$response\"\;\n1\;\n/msg;
+		open(CACHE,">$filename") or die "Cannot open cache for writing";
+		print CACHE $cache;
+		close CACHE;
+		return $response;
+}
+
+1;