Re: Precedence in @INC

If you use lib that should give your path precedence as it is the equivalent to

BEGIN { unshift @INC, 'your/path/here' }
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And because @INC is read from left-to-right/bottom-to-top this will mean that perl will look in your path first.
HTH

_________ broquaint

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Re: Precedence in @INC by Abigail-II (Bishop) on May 19, 2003 at 22:22 UTC
Why the unshifting inside a `BEGIN` block if you could use the `lib` module as well? Abigail	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Precedence in @INC by broquaint (Abbot) on May 19, 2003 at 22:31 UTC
Why the unshifting inside a BEGIN block if you could use the lib module as well? Er - it is the equivalent to, as in, that's basically what `lib` does (as the docs say), I figured that snippet might make it more obvious what `lib` achieves. HTH `_________ broquaint`	[reply]
Re: Re: Precedence in @INC by halley (Prior) on May 19, 2003 at 22:53 UTC
A 'use' statement is executed at compile time, so any 'use lib' is just like an @INC modification in a BEGIN block. He's right, they're essentially equivalent. The 'use lib' is a little more hands-free convenient and safe, especially with 'no lib' support, but otherwise he's just saying they're doing the same thing. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply]