Re^2: Automatically importing a subroutine for a particular namespace

Note that this package does not have to be a base class of anything. You only have to use it wherever it's needed

That's what I am trying to get away from... How can I tell perl to use something under a particular package without declaring it under that package? (I want to be lazy ...)

Basically, I want to tell perl: "Hey, see that package name? For any package name you find like that, go ahead and make use of this...".

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Re^3: Automatically importing a subroutine for a particular namespace by Anonymous Monk on Jul 05, 2008 at 01:28 UTC
All Exporter does is manipulate symbol tables (%PACKAGE::NAME::) ... if you search on cpan, you'll find http://search.cpan.org/~ktat/ExportTo-0.02/lib/ExportTo.pm ...	[reply]
Re^4: Automatically importing a subroutine for a particular namespace by jacques (Priest) on Jul 05, 2008 at 02:30 UTC
That looks like exactly what I wanted. Thanks!	[reply]
Re^5: Automatically importing a subroutine for a particular namespace by Joost (Canon) on Jul 05, 2008 at 21:53 UTC
Note that you would have to take care that the exporting takes place at the right time (which would be before the packages are loaded) if you want to have the same semantics as my solution. That's completely possible, of course (at least if you're not making it too complicated), but it may lead to confusion and/or spurious warnings if you're doing it wrong. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]