I have a CGI::Application::Plugin that requires MyCgiApp to use another plugin.

Let's say CGI::Application::Plugin::Scotch makes use of CGI::Application::Plugin::Session.

How do I make it so MyCgiApp does not need to 'use CGI::Application::Plugin::Session;' ?

That is.. 

package MyCgiApp;
use base 'CGI::Application';
use CGI::Application::Plugin::Scotch;

# at this point, MyCgiApp should behave as if 
# CGI::Application::Plugin::Session was imported into the 
# package.

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I can get similar behavior by importing CGI::Application::Plugin::Session into CGI::Application::Plugin::Scotch, and then exporting the methods I want out to the cgiapp. 

package CGI::Application::Plugin::Scotch;
use CGI::Application::Plugin::Session;
use Exporter ...
@EXPORT = qw/scotch session/;

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But this seems messy. The only 'clean' solution seems to be.. 
package MyCgiApp;
use base 'CGI::Application';
use CGI::Application::Plugin::Scotch;
use CGI::Application::Plugin::Session;

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Should I stick with that (seems clunky)- or is there some other way to get package x to import package y if you use package z?

In reply to get package x to import package y if you use package z by leocharre

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