Thanks Tye! Applying this to "use bytes," am I correct that your solution is basically the same approach as the one I originally suggested? In other words, isn't this...

BEGIN {
    if(  eval { require bytes }  ) {
        bytes->import();
    }
}
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...pretty much the same as this:

BEGIN {
eval {require bytes; import bytes; 1}
}
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I'm a bit new to trying to import modules and pragmas outside of the regular "use" function, so I'm just trying to be sure that I understand the difference, if any.

Thanks! Josh