Are you sure? Try this out

{
    local $\="\n";
    print for @INC;

    eval q{
        use lib '/digger/';
    };

    print for @INC;
}
__END__
C:/Perl/lib
C:/Perl/site/lib
.
/digger/
C:/Perl/lib
C:/Perl/site/lib
.
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Do you see what "use lib" does? `perldoc lib' reveals its "*almost* the same as saying BEGIN { unshift(@INC, LIST) }"

MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo! I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6x+5.8x. I take requests. ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.