Using a module that does not use strict just proves the point. We can cut and paste the relevant functions from Symbol into your code and then guess what? So the question is can you rise to the occasion ;-)

package Foo;

use strict;
use warnings;
use warnings::register;

sub foo { print "Foo!\n" };

sub import {
  my $cur  = shift;
  my $dest = caller;

  for my $g (grep $cur->can($_),  @_) {
    warnings::warnif("sub '$g' already exists in $dest") and next
      if $dest->can($g);

    my($dest, $src) = map qualify_to_ref("$_\::$g"), $dest, $cur;
    *$dest = *$src;
  }
}

# This is what we need from Symbol to provide the qualify_to_ref funct
+ion

my %global = map {$_ => 1} qw(ARGV ARGVOUT ENV INC SIG STDERR STDIN ST
+DOUT);

sub qualify ($;$) {
    my ($name) = @_;
    if (!ref($name) && index($name, '::') == -1 && index($name, "'") =
+= -1) {
    my $pkg;
    # Global names: special character, "^x", or other. 
    if ($name =~ /^([^a-z])|(\^[a-z])$/i || $global{$name}) {
        $pkg = "main";
    }
    else {
        $pkg = (@_ > 1) ? $_[1] : caller;
    }
    $name = $pkg . "::" . $name;
    }
    $name;
}

sub qualify_to_ref ($;$) {
    return \*{ qualify $_[0], @_ > 1 ? $_[1] : caller };
}

1;

__DATA__
Can't use string ("main::foo") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in 
+use at c:/Foo.pm line 39.

# test script

#/usr/bin/perl
use lib '/blah';
use Foo 'foo';
foo();
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No problems :) All I did was grok the symbol table for the name of the glob, whereas Symbol's qualify_to_ref simply uses perl's symbolic lookup

use strict;

{
  package Foo;

  use warnings;
  use warnings::register;

  sub foo { print "Foo!\n" };

  sub import {
    my $cur  = shift;
    my $dest = caller;

    for my $g (grep $cur->can($_),  @_) {
      warnings::warnif("sub '$g' already exists in $dest") and next
        if $dest->can($g);

      my($dest, $src) = map qualify_to_ref("$_\::$g"), $dest, $cur;
      *$dest = *$src;
    }
  }

  # This is what we need from Symbol to provide the qualify_to_ref fun
+ction

  my %global = map {$_ => 1} qw(ARGV ARGVOUT ENV INC SIG STDERR STDIN 
+STDOUT);

  sub qualify ($;$) {
      my ($name) = @_;
      if (!ref($name) && index($name, '::') == -1 && index($name, "'")
+ == -1) {
        my $pkg;
        # Global names: special character, "^x", or other. 
        if ($name =~ /^([^a-z])|(\^[a-z])$/i || $global{$name}) {
            $pkg = "main";
        }
        else {
            $pkg = (@_ > 1) ? $_[1] : caller;
        }
        $name = $pkg . "::" . $name;
      }
      $name;
  }

  sub qualify_to_ref ($;$) {
    my @pkgs = split '::', qualify $_[0], @_ > 1 ? $_[1] : caller;
    my $tbl  = \%main::;

    $tbl = $tbl->{"$_\::"}
      for @pkgs[0 .. $#pkgs - 1];

    return \$tbl->{$pkgs[-1]};
  }
}

Foo->import('foo');
foo();

__output__

Foo!
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HTH

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