note moritz <blockquote>Should call "foo" after compilation (not during BEGIN). Could the module somehow define an INIT block that calls the sub?</blockquote> <p>The problem with that is that modules INIT and runtime are still compile time from the perspective of the calling script.</p> <p>You could run it in an <c>END</c> block, which is also after compilation, but I could imagine that that's too late for your purpose. So I don't know any solution, except via source filters (or maybe evil hijacking of DESTROY subs, depending on when exactly the routine should run).</p> <p>Speaking of which, what is your purpose? Maybe there's a better solution to it if we know the bigger picture.</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-616540"> [http://perl6.org/|Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed] </div></div> 992164 992164