note DrHyde <p><code>require</code> checks %INC to see if a file has already been loaded. This is explained in the documentation.</p> <p><code>use</code> also checks %INC (because it is exactly equivalent to <code>BEGIN { require Module; Module->import( LIST ); }</code>) but regardless of whether the module was already loaded or not it still calls the <code>import()</code> method.</p> 1007543 1007543