I said: An AUTOLOAD for dbms_random_random has no (easy) way to figure out if it is supposed to call dbms_random.random or dbms.random_random.

You said: Well actually you have the same problem if you are exporting functions with the added disadvantage of tons of redundant code.

I think I could get around the naming problem by explicitly exporting subroutines (and not using AUTOLOAD) 

use MyProcedures qw (dbms_random.random );

# this creates:
   sub CallingPackage::dbms_random_random {
       # call dbms_random.random in the database
   }

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So the subroutine you get has actually a different name than what you asked for, which admittedly is a bit strange.

I do not get the part about the "tons of redundant code". The subroutines are only created when imported, and they are very slim (just one peppered subroutine call each).

I put the module in my scratchpad if you want to have a look. Unless it turns out to be totally flawed I want to publish it to CPAN this week.

In reply to Re^4: Using import to generate subroutines by Thilosophy
in thread Using import to generate subroutines by Thilosophy

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