Re^2: BEGIN block question

The reason it fails inside the BEGIN block is that the use of MyApp::Conf happens while the BEGIN block is being compiled, but the assignment to %ENV happens after the BEGIN block is compiled (i.e., at the BEGIN block's "run time"). If you put it after the BEGIN block, then the compilation (use) of MyApp::Conf happens after the BEGIN block has executed (and the assignment to %ENV has happened).

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Re^3: BEGIN block question by Anonymous Monk on Jun 05, 2007 at 22:02 UTC
thank you. that's very clear. i totally forgot that assignment happens at runtime and `use` happens at compiled time. hence the failure in the BEGIN block.	[reply] [d/l]