Another approach would be to say, "I want to import only baz from v2.0. Everything else comes from 1.0" I'd do this with: 
use Module v1.0 qw/foo bar/;
use Module v1.2 only qw/baz/;

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Of course, you could use -only or something similar. Then this would follow your "use the last" rule allowing: 
use Module v1.0 qw/foo bar/;
use Module v1.2 only qw/baz/;
use Module v1.7 gw/bam/;

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to mean "use bam from 1.7, baz from 1.2, foo and bar from 1.0. If the user asks for some thing explicitly try 1.7 first then 1.0."

Just my USD(1.0/50), --traveler

In reply to Re: How should this work ? (design of Exporter::VA) by traveler
in thread How should this work ? (design of Exporter::VA) by John M. Dlugosz

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