Re: check symbol table w/ dynamic name

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Re^2: check symbol table w/ dynamic name by skerr1 (Sexton) on Oct 17, 2006 at 04:47 UTC
This worked great. Thanks for this clean solution. So, here is what it will look like: `if (!$INC{ "$module.pm" }) { eval { require "${module}.pm"; } }` [download] Thanks for this! Shannon Kerr	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: check symbol table w/ dynamic name by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Oct 17, 2006 at 04:51 UTC
The point is that perl already does the test when you require a module so your test is superfluous.	[reply]
Re^4: check symbol table w/ dynamic name by skerr1 (Sexton) on Oct 17, 2006 at 05:17 UTC
Point well taken. Thank you jwkrahn! Shannon Kerr	[reply]
Re^2: check symbol table w/ dynamic name by ammon (Sexton) on Oct 17, 2006 at 18:52 UTC
if a module is already loaded it cannot be loaded again A minor nit-pick... a module can be re-loaded, if one is willing to do the requisite tomfoolery to make perl forget that it was already loaded.	[reply]