Hi, I'm trying to load a module at runtime and then accessing a variable within that module. Loading the module and importing the symbols seems to work fine, but I'm having difficulty with the syntax of accessing the variable. 
my $module_name = sprintf "Plugin::",$plugin_name;
                                
eval "require $module_name";
die if $@;

$module_name->import();

print "Plugin $module_name describes its purpose as:\n";

#syntax problem in the following line
print $module_name->description, "\n";

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$module_name->description obviously tries to invoke a subroutine called description in the relevant package.

$$module_name->description or ${$module_name}->description would act as if $module_name was a ref.

I'm a bit at a loss here. What would the correct syntax be? (Is there a correct syntax, or would I be forced to interact with the plugins through routines?)

Thanks in advance!

In reply to Accessing variables in a runtime-loaded module by srd

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