in reply to comma(or fat comma) in 'use' directive

The short version of what AnomalousMonk explained is that it depends on the used module how its import() deals with passed parameters.

Even shorter: Read the individual docs, and the author must tell you.

IOW: see Test::Simple

Cheers Rolf

(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)