I think that the confusion here is that inclusion of a file is generally tied closely to the specification of a separate package namespace. This is a good idea (to avoid collisions between variable and subroutine names), but isn't really required. Consider program foo.pl: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

use lib '.';
use Inc1;
use Inc2;

print "Here we go!\n";
foo1();
foo2();
print "All done.\n";

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If modules Inc1.pm is specified as: 

# first include file
sub foo1
{
   print( "This is a test from foo1.\n" );
}

1;

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and Inc2.pm is: 

# second include file
sub foo2
{
   print( "This is a test from foo2.\n" );
}

1;

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You get the expected results -- that subroutines foo1 and foo2 are called from their corresponding modules.

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In reply to Re: Multiple Files, One Script Possible? by papidave
in thread Multiple Files, One Script Possible? by Anonymous Monk

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