How would you rewrite a use statement without using the word "use"?

Me personally, or the generally accepted way? My untested, "I hate answering these kinds of questions" way:

my $packname = 'Some::Module'; $packname =~ s!::!/!g; $packname .= '.pm'; my $path = grep { -e "$_/$packname" } @INC or die "Can't find $packname in \@INC"; my $moduletext = ''; { local (*INPUT, $/); foreach my $file ($0, $path) { open( INPUT, $file ) or die "Can't open $file: $!"; $moduletext .= <INPUT>; } } # almost ruined the joke here require File::Temp; my ($temphandle, $tempfile) = File::Temp::tempfile(); print *$temphandle $moduletext; exec $moduletext;

Update: Yes, I'm finding the module, reading it, appending it to the current program, writing the whole thing to disk, and calling exec on it. I didn't say it was the *best* solution, only the most flippant that came to mind. (Especially since it has a potential infinite loop. :)


In reply to Re: Re: Technical Interview by chromatic
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