Checking @INC for available modules without side-effects?

LanX has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is it possible to check if a module is available for use in @INC, BUT without side effects?

I mean eval { "require MODULE" } will at least compile MODULE.pm and execute any BEGIN block inside at compile time.

Background: I have a project where I allow to dynamically add freely named modules via INC-hooks*, it would be nice to know beforehand if there are potential conflicts with already available modules.

TIA!

Cheers Rolf
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Update

of course apart of the obvious solution to parse the dirs and hooks in @INC by myself, like shown in require

*) see require for explanation

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Re: Checking @INC for available modules without side-effects? by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 15, 2019 at 21:10 UTC
`Module::Load::Conditional::check_install( module => NAME )`?	[reply]
Re^2: Checking @INC for available modules without side-effects? by LanX (Saint) on Mar 15, 2019 at 21:25 UTC
GREAT, thanks!!! (I should check corelist more often. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]