Well, I've read up a little on Python (easy, easy... I didn't come here to start a langauge war), and one thing I've noticed a lot in their teachings, is in files that are meant for including in other files have a little something at the bottom of the code that goes something like:

if __package__ eq __main__:
   # do stuff to test to see if package is working.

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(elaboration '(the young monk is easily excited) '(I would like to be able to do this with perl as well as Python. The solution...)) I would guess it would be one of: 
if($main == "hardcoded::package::name") { }
if($main == $PROGRAM_NAME) { }
if($main->isa("hardcoded::package::name")) { }

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However, I am sure all of those are flawed. I am also sure t here is a better way to "emulate" what Python programmers do in perl. For those of you unfamilure with this proramming practice, it is done so each portion of a project can be tested indepedandtly. However the same code that tests it, does not get ran when it is included. Now, as far as I am concerned running: 
$debug && print "some code";
$debug && print "some more code"

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As that is just messy. This would make debugging my stuff a lot easier. Thank you kindly

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