#!/usr/bin/perl -w BEGIN { package mod; $VERSION = 1; package main; } BEGIN { if (scalar(%mod::) && $mod::VERSION ) { eval " sub haveMod () { return 1; }" ;} else { eval "sub haveMod () { return 0; }" ;} sub checkMod () { #NOTE THE PARENTHESES if(haveMod()) {return "goodMod";} else {return "badMod";} } } print checkMod;