If old programs use Old::MyModule; and new programs use New::MyModule; then you will have to have two .pm files if they are to work without modification and you don't want links.

One option is to move your code into a third file and use do to load it into both modules.

test.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
use strict;
use warnings;

use New::MyModule;
use Old::MyModule;

New::MyModule::printer();
Old::MyModule::printer();

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New/MyModule.pm

package New::MyModule;

do 'New/MyModule.pl' or die "New/MyModule.pl: $!";

1;

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Old/MyModule.pm

package Old::MyModule;

do 'New/MyModule.pl' or die "New/MyModule.pl: $!";

1;

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And the common code in New/MyModule.pl

sub printer {
    print "here we are in " . __PACKAGE__ . "\n";
}

1;

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Another option is to write one module normally and the other to read the first, changing the package name as it loads, then evaluate it.

test.pl is as above.

New/MyModule.pm is a regular module.

package New::MyModule;

sub printer {
    print "here we are in " . __PACKAGE__ . "\n";
}

1;

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And Old/MyModule.pm loads New/MyModule.pm, changing the package name as it loads.

package Old::MyModule;

my $contents;
foreach my $prefix (@INC) {
    my $file = "$prefix/New/MyModule.pm";
    if(-f $file) {
        open(FILE, "<", "$file") or die "$file: $!";
        $contents = do { local $/; <FILE> };
        close(FILE);
        last;
    }
}

die "Can't locate New::MyModule in \@INC (\@INC contains: @INC)." unle
+ss($contents);
$contents =~ s/package New::MyModule/package Old::MyModule/;
my $result = eval $contents;
die "$file: $@" if($@);
die "$file: did not end with a true value" unless($result);

1;

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In reply to Re: Rename/Relocate A Module by ig
in thread Rename/Relocate A Module by rajib_rashid

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