That makes sense, but this is a contrived minimal example of the implementation. This will be run well after compile time off of config data, or object instantiation values. So the questions is can I somehow muck with the symbol table to get where I want to be? Maybe something like 
   while ( my($module, $args) = each %$toLoad ) {
      my $str = "use $module "; # to fix typo in example
      $str   .= 'qw(' . $args . ')' if $args ne '1';
      eval $str;

      # Try and remap symbol tables to the right spot
      unless ( $args eq '1' ) {
         no strict 'refs';
         foreach my $key ( split/\s+/, $args ) {
            *$key = *$module::$key;
         }
      } # END unless args eq 1  
   } # END while each toLoad

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This would cover the standard cases but fail for things like use CGI qw(:all); and similar megaKeywords

I imagine this is a standard pattern, I just don't know where to look for the docs to get at what I want without potentially digging into other modules EXPORT_* variables, which doesn't seem right either

use perl;
Everyone should spend some time pounding nails with their forehead for a while before they graduate to complicated stuff like hammers. - Dominus

In reply to Re^2: Interesting behavior in eval block by l2kashe
in thread Interesting behavior in eval block by l2kashe

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