Re: require instead of use

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

> I'm using Net::FTP in a program, but I don't want to load it with use(),
> because I don't want it loaded on startup -- I want to load it
> conditionally, only if it's needed -- so that it'll run on machines
> without Net::FTP that don't need it.
> 
> But when I load it with require(), I don't get the new() subroutine, which
> I need.  I tried doing "import Net::FTP 'new'", but that.. didn't help.
> 
> The program is http://chaosriegns.com/code/dlkern.  I'm trying to replace
> line 306: use Net::FTP;
> 
> 
> Someone suggested I tell users to manually modify the code to suit their
> system.  I don't like that answer.


Funny, I can still require it, how are you calling new?


require Net::FTP;
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("ftp.cdrom.com");
print 'ftp: ',$ftp,"\n";


works fine on my laptop.

So the technique whehe you do the eval should work...

k

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