Hi, I've got 3 modules using eachother and that makes perl -c go crazy. This is what they look like:
a.pm: 
package a;
BEGIN {
    use Data::Dumper;
    print STDERR 'a:',Dumper \%INC;
}
use b;
my $a = { foo => &b::bar () };
1;

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b.pm: 
package b;

BEGIN {
    use Data::Dumper;
    print STDERR 'b:',Dumper \%INC;
}
use c;
sub bar { 1; }
1;

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c.pm: 
package c;
BEGIN {
    use Data::Dumper;
    print STDERR 'c:',Dumper \%INC;
}
use a;
1;

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running perl -c a.pm, except printing the %INC var in different states gives me: 
Undefined subroutine &b::bar called at a.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at c.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at c.pm line 6.
Compilation failed in require at b.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at b.pm line 6.
Compilation failed in require at a.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at a.pm line 6.

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Does anyone know why this happends? %INC holds all three modules. b.pm and c.pm both compile when doing perl -c on them. Also, removing "use c;" in b.pm makes a.pm compile.

In reply to Circular module dependencies by jmo

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