I thought I'd add to this thread rather than start a new one.

I'm writing a little script to check whois servers. One funky feature will be the ability to check for domains which don't have a whois server, only a web-based look up - like .tv domains. To do this, I have a wrapper function which chooses whether to do a normal whois or a web whois. The web whois uses the LWP module, like a good perl script.

Now I don't want to load the LWP module - which is not small, right? - every time I run the script, but only when someone is looking up a .tv domain. Is there a simple way to "use" or "require" a module at run time, without getting compile time exceptions because Perl can't find methods and subroutines from the module within the code?

I have a feeling AUTOLOAD has something to do with this... any deep wisdom would be gratefully received.

Thanks

David

In reply to Related question: loading modules at run time by dash2
in thread How can I source other perl scripts from within a Perl script by juo

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