I had not come accross this module before. It looks good, but doesn't solve the ultimate problem as far as I can see.

My test code does not call Rest::Client, which is what I need to mock. Rest::Client is used by the module under test, not the test code.

To test the module under test I do not expect to change it!

I tweak the INC path so that when the module under test loads Rest::Client it gets my mock version.

I already have a very good mock, one that does exactly what I need and works well. I want the innocent and unchanged use line in the module under test to load the same-named mock module rather than the real one.

The problem I have is that I cannot include the mock module in my module due to a name space violation, after all I did not write Rest::Client so I cannot publish it, even as a sub module.

How can I publish this module without violating the real owners name space? Is there a way to include a module as source code without exporting that module?

In reply to Re^2: How to use a private version of a published module? by MARKWIN
in thread How to use a private version of a published module? by MARKWIN

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