Firstly the BEGIN block is going to happen at compile-time so it's irrelevant that's it's in the function. If you want to include a module at run-time you could use the tried and tested eval() & use()
sub routine { my $module = shift; my $routine = shift; my @params = @_; eval qq{ use "Foo::Bar::$module"; }; no strict 'refs'; return &{"Foo::Bar::$module::$routine"}(@params); }
There's also the very handy autouse module which should do the magic for you
sub routine { my $module = shift; my $routine = shift; my @params = @_; require autouse; autouse->import( "Foo::Bar::$module", "Foo::Bar::$module::$routine" ); no strict 'refs'; return &{"Foo::Bar::$module::$routine"}(@params); }
I'm not sure if that's exactly how it should be used so checkout merlyn's Objects of runtime-determined classes for reference.
HTH

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broquaint


In reply to Re: Loading an unknown module by broquaint
in thread Loading an unknown module by Beatnik

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