Re: Location of 'use' statements

You do realize the order in which you use might be important when importing/poisining your namespace. The last modules used will overwrite any other subroutines that might be import. I think at some point in history, LWP::Simple and CGI clashed at something like that.

Greetz
Beatnik
... I'm belgian but I don't play one on TV.

Comment on Re: Location of 'use' statements Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Re: Location of 'use' statements by djantzen (Priest) on Apr 18, 2003 at 23:12 UTC
You mean if two modules export functions with the same name? In that case you'll have problems no matter what the order though, right? Fortunately I haven't encountered that problem before myself, but the possibility is just one more reason to use warnings. :^) "The dead do not recognize context" -- Kai, Lexx	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Location of 'use' statements by diotalevi (Canon) on Apr 18, 2003 at 23:14 UTC
I'm quibbling over whether to be a fan of `use warnings FATAL => 'all';` which would ensure you didn't do that by accident.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Location of 'use' statements by Beatnik (Parson) on Apr 19, 2003 at 10:58 UTC
Ofcourse you are in trouble but the order in which `use` is used determines which function is actually used. Greetz Beatnik ... I'm belgian but I don't play one on TV.	[reply] [d/l]