Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to test if the Term::ANSIColor module is present, and if so "use" it.

I'm trying to get the equivalant functionality as doing: 

use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);

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The problem is I need to use require instead so the script doesn't exit when it's not found, and I can't seem to get the :constants that way...

The code: 

my $can_color = 0;
eval {
  require Term::ANSIColor; 
};
unless ($@) {
  ## I tried these next two lines but it does NOT seem to work (compla
+ins about the constants not being defined)...
  Term::ANSIColor->import();
  Term::ANSIColor->import(qw(:constants));

  $Term::ANSIColor::AUTORESET = 1;
  $can_color = 1 
}

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What could I be missing?

Thanks!

In reply to can't seem to import properly when using require by ttlgreen

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