Update: I'm an idiot. I had a typo, as toolic has pointed out. Thanks.

I'm seeing some odd behaviour that someone will no doubt be able to explain.

If I try to use a module method without using the module first, I get a somewhere misleading error ..

[foo@bar test]$ perl -de 1

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

main::(-e:1):   1
  DB<1> $time = Time::Local::timelocal(0,0,13,26,8,2009)
Undefined subroutine &Time::Local::timelocal called at (eval 7)[/fooba
+r/system/pkg/perl-5.8.6/lib/5.8.6/perl5db.pl:628] line 2.
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Yet both of the following are fine:

[foo@bar test]$ perl -de 1

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

main::(-e:1):   1
  DB<1> use Time::Local

  DB<2> $time = Time::Local::timelocal(0,0,13,26,8,2009)

  DB<3> x $time
0  1253962800
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and

[foo@bar test]$ perl -de 1

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

main::(-e:1):   1
  DB<1> use Time::Local

  DB<2> $time = timelocal(0,0,13,26,8,2009)

  DB<3> x $time
0  1253962800
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However, declaring the module from the command line doesn't work ..

[foo@bar test]$ perl -MLocalTime -de 1

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28
Editor support available.

Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help.

Can't locate LocalTime.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /foobar/system/pkg/p
+erl-5.8.6/lib/5.8.6/sun4-solaris /foobar/system/pkg/perl-5.8.6/lib/5.
+8.6 /foobar/system/pkg/perl-5.8.6/lib/site_perl/5.8.6/sun4-solaris /f
+oobar/system/pkg/perl-5.8.6/lib/site_perl/5.8.6 /foobar/system/pkg/pe
+rl-5.8.6/lib/site_perl /foobar/system/lib/site_perl .).
 at -e line 0
        main::BEGIN() called at LocalTime.pm line 0
        eval {...} called at LocalTime.pm line 0
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
 at -e line 0
Debugged program terminated.  Use q to quit or R to restart,
  use O inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination,
  h q, h R or h O to get additional info.
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Can someone point me to what's happening here? Thanks.

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