cal perlfunc:use docs say 

 It is exactly equivalent to

    BEGIN { require Module; import Module LIST; }

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I discovered earlier today (yesterday) that one difference with require is that you can use a full path to the module
(eg. '/u/web/dom/cgi-local/GD.pm') instead of the bareword that use insists on.

I am not sure if there are any caveats with doing this yourself using BEGIN{ require '/path/to/module.pm'; } but it is documented and it does work. Maybe you could try this until or unless someone identifies reasons why it shouldn't be done.

Nah! Your thinking of Simon Templar, originally played by Roger Moore and later by Ian Ogilvy

In reply to Re: Using the modules I want to use. by BrowserUk
in thread Using the modules I want to use. by cal

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