Well, if I were into mind-reading, I would speculate that somebody considered a module that defined the parent classes of the current module to be more of a pragma-type-thingy than not (in the generally hand-waving spirit that seems to be popular in the Perl world). And if I were a computer scientist or otherwise deeply versed in the historical useage of the term "pragma" in a programming context, I might add some commentary on the wisdom of this choice. As I can claim none of these accomplishments, I will merely point to the words "in general" and note that I was paraphrasing perlmod, and cheerfully punt away the responsibility for anything that irks you about this arguable inconsistency onto more august shoulders than mine.


If God had meant us to fly, he would *never* have given us the railroads.
    --Michael Flanders

In reply to Re:^3 can't find my module? by ChemBoy
in thread can't find my module? by arootbeer

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