Greetings, Monks

I have a single module file (say, Foo.pm) that defines subroutines for several packages, for example like this:

# Foo.pm

package Foo::Bar;

sub foo_bar_one{ ... }
sub foo_bar_two{ ... }

package Foo:Transforms;

sub transform_one{ ... }
sub transform_two{ ... }

package Foo::Baz;
# ... and more
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What I'd like to do is to be able to use Foo and import some subroutines from a specific package in the module file into the caller's namespace (in this case, the "transform" subs). I figured I'd be able to set it up like this:

# Foo.pm

package Foo;
require Exporter;
our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
   &Foo::transform_one
   &Foo::transform_two);
our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
    transforms => [qw(
        &Foo::transform_one
        &Foo::transform_two]);

# ... rest of Foo.pm

# Then in script.pl:

use Foo qw(:transforms);

say transform_one("xyzabc");
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This doesn't seem to work - I get an undefined subroutine error; it appears none of the transform methods were exported.

I suppose I could break out the "transforms" into their own separate module and use it separately. But I was wondering if any wise Monks have advice for me on this. Is it possible to export symbols from another package (without too many gyrations?) Am I trying to do something unnatural or unadvised?

Thanks in advance for your input.

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