Re: Use and Require - making an informed choice.

[Anonymous Monk]

Does the module need to be imported at compile time (i.e. does it rely on using BEGIN)?

Remove "(i.e. does it rely on using BEGIN)" as it isn't a factor.

[xdg]

The fact that a use creates a BEGIN block can matter if order of compilation is important. That's substantially different from a runtime require and import without the BEGIN. For example: importing a function that overrides a built-in. If requiring and installing a subroutine at runtime, the compiler will already have resolved calls to the built-in functions at compile time before the replacement functions are installed.