so it seems I can only import() from MyModule at compile time ('use' or BEGIN') but not at runtime. Here's my test case:

my module (MyModule.pm):

package MyModule;
use Exporter();
our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT_OK = qw(munge frobnicate);

sub frobnicate { print "frobnicated!\n"; }
sub munge      { print "munged!\n"; }

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When I call it from a script, this works (meaning I see the output from the print statements):

use MyModule qw(frobnicate munge);
frobnicate;
munge;

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output is:

frobnicated!
munged!

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and this works (same output)

BEGIN {
   require MyModule;
   MyModule->import( qw(frobnicate munge) );
}
frobnicate;
munge;

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but this does not (no output)

require MyModule;
MyModule->import( qw(frobnicate munge) );
frobnicate;
munge;

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This seems to me to imply that I can only import at compile time, not at run-time.

Am I missing something?

In reply to import doesn't work at runtime? by gdave

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