You're right...it does work! It looks like mine didn't work due to this (which I failed to put in my sample code...sorry):

use lib './perl5lib';

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That's where I put Bar.pm. Here's the full not-working-as-expected code:

# ./foo.pl:
use lib './perl5lib';
use Bar;

die "outer death";
__END__

# ./perl5lib/Bar.pm:
package Bar;

=begin DEBUGGING
die "inner death";
=cut

1;
__END__

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That said, I'm still not sure why this doesn't work. I'm guessing it has something to do with 'use lib' being loaded after 'ifdef', and 'ifdef' isn't able to work its magic on anything that wasn't in @INC when it was loaded.

Given the restriction that the module in question must be put in './perl5lib', can anyone offer any suggestions for workarounds?

Thanks!

In reply to Re^2: ifdef in modules by clee
in thread ifdef in modules by Anonymous Monk

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