It depends.

It's not too hard to force recompiling a module, do will do, and so will require and use (in an eval, after deleting it from %INC). It will replace the subs with new subs.

However, if the module also initializes variables (package variables, or lexicals with a file wide scope), those variables will reset (and note that a simple 'my $var;' is considered an initialization). Depending on the module, this may break your program.

So, the answer is 'yes', but you want to be careful how you code your module.

In reply to Re: On-the-fly module replacements : On topic - really by JavaFan
in thread On-the-fly module replacements : On topic - really by Wiggins

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