heresy I know, but what is wrong here: 
use subdir::Somemodule qw(%myhash);
print join ("\n", keys %myhash), "\n";
__END__

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subdir is a directory directly under my current directory and directory where the script resides. @INC contains '.' If I do the following... 
$>perl -I. import_test.pl

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Perl finds the module, but the import function is not called and %myhash in main is empty (which it is not in Somemodule.pm) However if I change the code above to the following... 
use subdir::Somemodule;
import Somemodule qw(%myhash);
print join ("\n", keys %myhash), "\n";
__END__

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Everything is a-ok. Furthermore, if i change the code to be... 
# delete the 'subdir' from the use
#
use Somemodule qw(%myhash);
print join ("\n", keys %myhash), "\n";
__END__

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And invoke perl as follows... 

$> perl -I 'subdir' importest.pl

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This also works. Any ideas? Here's the version of perl i'm running on Win 2000 Pro. 
This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

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Thanks in advance, jr

In reply to Perl Bug? import function by jroberts

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