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• Not sure about the name (Score:1)

  by jarich (4909)

  I read the name and automatically assumed you were writing something which would unload or not load a module. I couldn't imagine how that would be useful, but that's what I assumed.

  Cool idea though. Might suggest calling it Module::CheckLoad or something like that.
  • Re: (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    "NoLoad" was intentional (better names welcome). For example:

    use Module::NoLoad
        'Overrides::SIG::DIE' => { silent => 1 };

    Is equivalent to this:

    BEGIN {
        $INC{'lib/Overrides/SIG/DIE.pm'} = 'Module::NoLoad';
    }

    This, of course, silently stops this module from being loaded. The fatal version would require a higher version of Perl:

    use Module::NoLoad
        'Meta', 'Acme::pwn3d';
    __END__
    # equivalent to:
    use Carp;
    BEGIN {
        my %package_for = (
         
    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AndyArmstrong (7200)

      I think Devel::Unplug [cpan.org] does at least some of what you want. If not it can be hacked on in Copenhagen :)
      • Re:Not sure about the name (Score:2)

        by Ovid (2709) on 2008.08.08 7:21 (#64299) Homepage Journal

        That's good to know. My intent is to have a more general purpose module (not just for development), but maybe "devel only" is a better approach.

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