my ($callpack) = caller(0); # Name of the calling package
    my $pack = shift; # Need to move package off @_

    # Get list of variables supplied, or else
    # all of GeneConf:
    my @vars = @_ ? @_ : keys( %MitConf );
    return unless @vars;

    # Predeclare global variables in calling package
    eval "package $callpack; use vars qw("
         . join(' ', map { '$'.$_ } @vars) . ")";
    die $@ if $@;


    foreach (@vars) {
	if ( defined $MitConf{ $_ } ) {
            no strict 'refs';
	    # Exporter does a similar job to the following
	    # statement, but for function names, not
	    # scalar variables:
	    *{"${callpack}::$_"} =\$ MitConf{ $_ };
	} else {
	    die "Error: MitConf: $_ not known\n";
	}
    }
}

1;