Re^5: Can I retry "use" when module load fails?

Actually, you DO need to call the "import" method, in order to inject the "exported" methods and variables into your (main) namespace.

Exporter documentation explains this :

The Exporter module implements an import method which allows a module to export functions and variables to its users' namespaces.

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Re^6: Can I retry "use" when module load fails? by exilepanda (Friar) on Apr 15, 2013 at 06:57 UTC
So you mean even I don't have `sub import` in my module, but I still have to call `->import()` for once after my `require` statement, so that `Exporter` can export?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: Can I retry "use" when module load fails? by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Apr 15, 2013 at 08:51 UTC
Yes. When you `use Exporter` in a module, it inherits a standard `->import()` sub from `Exporter`, so your module does then have an `import` method even though you didn't define it yourself. All `Exporter` really does is make symbols available to be imported. Nothing actually happens until the `use`ing module calls `import` to specify which of the available symbols it wants to import. (e.g., `use POSIX 'ceil';` to import only the `ceil` symbol from `POSIX`.)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^8: Can I retry "use" when module load fails? by exilepanda (Friar) on Apr 15, 2013 at 10:55 UTC
Big Thanks!! Didn't realize there can be an inherit tricks inside, I got it now! =)	[reply]