Re: Utility of "use lib qw{ . }" ?

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. will be the last element of @INC which means that all though it will always be checked, it will be the last path checked for any modules.
if you call

use lib '.';
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. will be unshifted onto the front of @INC which means it will be checked first so you know that any modules in the current path will take precedence.

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(jeffa) 2Re: Utility of "use lib qw{ . }" ? by jeffa (Bishop) on Jun 23, 2003 at 14:30 UTC
Exactly. I just wanted to follow this up with a demonstration that everyone can try at home: `perl -le"print for @INC" perl -Mlib=. -le"print for @INC"` [download] Notice the placement of . jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply] [d/l]

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