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> Yes. The same goes for require since as best I can tell it's the same underlying code. Is this a problem? I think it is. 'require' is meant to load modules, so the normal use case is walking @INC, so its behaviour is (relatively) expected here. 'do' is documented as "largely like: eval `cat stat.pl`" and generally used as such - the fact that its support for files in the current working directory comes via .-in-@INC is, I think, an implementation detail. So having do() suddenly fail to DWIM for its most common and documented purpose is going to be intensely confusing, especially given its common use for e.g. relative loading of config files in Olde CGI Scripts. I'm not sure what, if anything, can be done to rescue that, but it seems like a much bigger POLS violation than the rest of the effects, and at least we should explicitly consider the impact and whether there's some way to ameliorate it. -- Matt S Trout - Shadowcat Systems - Perl consulting with a commit bit and a clue http://shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/ http://twitter.com/shadowcat_mst/ Email me now on mst (at) shadowcat.co.uk and let's chat about how our CPAN commercial support, training and consultancy packages could help your team.Thread Previous | Thread Next