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Re: Module export symbols not getting imported (Perl5.8.0)

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From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
January 24, 2005 08:43
Subject:
Re: Module export symbols not getting imported (Perl5.8.0)
Message ID:
20050124164325.18882.1@llama.elixent.com
Hal Morris <hal@panix.com> writes:
>I'm running on Redhat Linux version 9.0.
>
>I'm having a rash of previously working code breaking when module exported 
>symbols no longer get imported to another module that 'uses' them.
>
>The situation looks like:
>
>main perl file:
>
>...
>use A;
>use B;
>
>A contains 'use B'

Does B contain 'use A' ?

It is a problem to 'use' something which is in the process of being use-d.
So for mutual-using someone looses.

It shouldn't be a problem to use something that has already been 
completely use-d.

But AFAIK we haven't changed this.

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