You're being tripped up timing as use happens at compile-time, but everything else in your script (including the logic to determine the OS) happens afterwards during run-time.
To get around this, you can change the uses to a require/import combo ...
if ( $^O eq "MSWin32" ) {
require Win32::EventLog;
$eventlog = Win32::EventLog->new( "myscript" );
} else {
require Sys::Syslog;
import Sys::Syslog qw/ :DEFAULT setlogsock /;
setlogsock( 'unix' );
openlog( 'myscript', 'pid', 'INFO' );
}
On a side note, there's not much point in importing methods from an OO-based module like Win32::EventLog; $obj->foo should do the right thing if it's a valid method.
Similarly, it's silly to import from non-OO modules if you're just going to call those functions explicity ( Sys::Syslog::openlog() vs openlog()).
--k.
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