/* excerpt from gv.c in the perl source code */

if (!gv) {
	if (strEQ(name,"import") || strEQ(name,"unimport"))
	    gv = MUTABLE_GV(&PL_sv_yes);
	else if (autoload)
	    gv = gv_autoload_pvn(
		ostash, name, nend - name, GV_AUTOLOAD_ISMETHOD|flags
	    );
	if (!gv && do_croak) {
	    /* Right now this is exclusively for the benefit of S_method_common
	       in pp_hot.c  */