Re^2: Lexical and dynamic scope confusion!

That will normally work, yes. However, some modules will only create functions when they are asked for in the use-line. So, doing something like:

use Foo qw( bar );

bar();
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will work, but doing this won't:

use Foo;

Foo::bar(); # <-- BOOM!
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CGI isn't one of these, but the possibility is there.

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