So how was the OP getting a subroutine redefined error in the first place if the import wasn't getting called?

File/Basename.pm and File/BaseName.pm are both loaded, which on Windows is the same file. Both times it loads its definitions into the same namespace: File::Basename. It's there that the subs are defined twice.

Just remember the rule of thumb: filenames are case insensitive on Windows, but package names still are case sensitive.

p.s. tye has created a patch to UNIVERSAL.pm a long time ago, the package all packages inherit from (which matters for import) so your Windows system would catch misused case: Universally unimportant and overused

In reply to Re^5: An Interesting Gotcha With use/require by bart
in thread An Interesting Gotcha With use/require by periapt

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