(RhetTbull) Re: Re: Runtime module use and sub definitions

[RhetTbull]

in reply to Re: Runtime module use and sub definitions
in thread Runtime module use and sub definitions

I like that much better than the string eval. I tried this and it seems to work fine:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

if ($^O eq 'MSWin32')
{
    eval {
        require Win32::OLE;
        Win32::OLE->import;
     };
    *bar = sub { print "Win32\n" };
}
else
{
    *bar = sub { print "Not Win32\n" };
}

#later in the program...
#we don't care what OS is running -- implementation details are hidden
bar();

[perrin]

You can leave out that eval completely, unless you intend to check for errors during the require and import statements.