note dsheroh So long as you remember to refer to things using the correct package name (<c>HR::myFunction</c>) rather than the file name (<c>MyModule::myFunction</c>), the only technical issue is that symbols exported by the package won't work automatically. If it exports anything, you'll have to manually call <c>HR->import;</c> after you <c>use MyModule;</c> because the automatic call to <c>MyModule->import;</c> won't do anything. <p> Even though it doesn't cause technical problems, it does tend to cause major usability and maintenance problems, so, as a general rule, it shouldn't be done except in very limited circumstances. A package named <c>HR</c> in a file named <c>MyModule.pm</c> is <i>not</i> one of those circumstances. 1014776 1014776