sub require { my ($filename) = @_; if (exists $INC{$filename}) { return 1 if $INC{$filename}; die "Compilation failed in require"; } my ($realfilename,$result); ITER: { foreach $prefix (@INC) { $realfilename = "$prefix/$filename"; if (-f $realfilename) { $INC{$filename} = $realfilename; $result = do $realfilename; last ITER; } } die "Can't find $filename in \@INC"; } if ($@) { $INC{$filename} = undef; die $@; } elsif (!$result) { delete $INC{$filename}; die "$filename did not return true value"; } else { return $result; } }