Monks,

I'm developing a script on a box where I can't install modules. No problem, I just create a local libdir and add 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use lib qw(libdir);

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That's classic.

Now this inserts the path libdir in front of @INC, which means that my local library will be ALWAYS used, regardless of the availability of the same module in the regular @INC paths.

This is not wat I want; I want to provide the local library only in case a global installed library is missing.

Now I was thinking about a solution where I require this specific module in an eval block instead of use-ing it, catch errors and require my local version if needed. 

eval { require Test::Simple; };
if ($@) { eval { use lib qw(libdir); }; }
eval { require Test::Simple; };
die $@ if $@;

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However, this is more complicated and I don't get the benefit of compile-time checking of the used module.

Is there a better solution?

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Cheers, Joe

In reply to "use lib" with low precedence? by joe++

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