Re: Reloading Modules

I think the more pressing question is - Why are you needing to reload your modules in this fashion?

Depending on your requirement for this functionality, you could use eval and call your module at run-time only with the scope of this function. eg.

my $func = eval {
    use MyFunction;
    return MyFunction->method();
};
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The problem with this approach however, is that your module usage will only have a limited scope. Although, depending upon your script design, this could also offer some advantages.

perl -e 's&&rob@cowsnet.com.au&&&split/[@.]/&&s&.com.&_&&&print'

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Re: Re: Reloading Modules by rendler (Pilgrim) on Feb 03, 2002 at 06:18 UTC
It's an IRC bot and each of the modules extend it's functionality in some way, so it becomes a pain having to restart the thing just to test minor changes.	[reply]
Re: Re: Reloading Modules by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2002 at 19:16 UTC
You don't want to use `eval(BLOCK)` though. The block is compiled at the surrounding's compile-time. You want `eval(EXPR)`. Compare this: `#!/usr/bin/perl -l print 'pre'; eval { BEGIN { print 'compiling eval block' } }; print 'post';` [download] with this: `#!/usr/bin/perl -l print 'pre'; eval q{ BEGIN { print 'compiling eval expr' } }; print 'post';` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]