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import not getting called in a module

by danmcb (Monk)
on Feb 27, 2013 at 18:35 UTC ( [id://1020942]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

danmcb has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using a module and passing a parameter to it in the use statement. The module is part of a Catalyst test harness. But the import routine never gets called.

When I do the same thing in a simple module (i.e. not part of Catalyst stuff) it works fine.

My code:

package test_setup; use strict; use warnings; our $data_file; sub import { my ($package, $df) = @_; # we never get here $data_file = $df if defined $df; } # etc 1;

And the test file:

use strict; use warnings; use t::test_setup qw/ file_name /; use Test::More tests => 6; #etc

Any idea what could cause this?

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Re: import not getting called in a module
by bart (Canon) on Feb 27, 2013 at 18:37 UTC
    Because the package name is not the same as the name you use.

    Try

    package t::test_setup;
    instead.

      oh man ...

      thanks!

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