There's no need to put your @EXPORT and *import assignment in a BEGIN block.

Oh I realize that. If you read Re: Undefined subroutine errors and Re^3: Undefined subroutine errors, you'll see that not only do I understand execution order quite well, I placed those statements in BEGIN block for a reason: that pattern allows two modules to include each other. Obviously, that's not required here, but I don't see any reason why I shouldn't use the pattern here.

By the way, I also explain execution order in Re: BEGIN and END blocks, use strict and scoping.