Re: loading modules using 'use'

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When you use a module, it not only gets compiled but also executed before the program that uses the module runs. So the require is executed at runtime of module A which happens at compile time of the program.
Btw. you may want to get a little more creative with your package names. A may be fine, but B is a core module.

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Re^2: loading modules using 'use' by angshuman (Novice) on Jun 30, 2010 at 11:45 UTC
Thanks for the quick response, and suggestion, will keep those in mind. One more thing, consider I modified the code piece to the below mentioned code, where I introduce a BEGIN block. How does that help ?....have noticed that in case of circular inheritence/dependency situations the below mentioned code works, rather than the previous one without BEGIN blocks. `package A; use strict; our (@ISA,@EXPORT); BEGIN{ require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); @EXPORT = qw( abc ); } #................ # Some code here #................ 1;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: loading modules using 'use'
by angshuman (Novice) on Jun 30, 2010 at 11:45 UTC

package A;

use strict;

our (@ISA,@EXPORT);

BEGIN{
require Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(
        abc
        );
}
#................
# Some code here
#................

1;
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