Re^2: What's the right way to import a module

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Foo package has only two modules: Bar and Car.

Directory structure

- Foo
 |-Car.pm
 |-Bar.pm
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I intend to use only Foo::Bar module, but one of my colleague said its "best practice" to include 'use Foo' and then include 'use Foo::Bar'. Is this the right way of importing?

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Re^3: What's the right way to import a module by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 26, 2012 at 08:20 UTC
No. If there is no `Foo.pm`, and you don't use any functionality of `Foo.pm` then `use Foo;` will not work and is not considered best practice. There is no general hierarchical relationship between `Foo` and `Foo::Bar` and `Foo::Car`. Maybe if you wrote the modules, there is some relationship between `Foo::Bar` and `Foo::Car`, but in general, this is not true.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: What's the right way to import a module by JavaFan (Canon) on Apr 26, 2012 at 08:34 UTC
one of my colleague said its "best practice" to include 'use Foo' and then include 'use Foo::Bar' Either there's more to it than you're telling us (perhaps things are set up in your work environment that it does make sense), or it's time to replace your colleague with someone with a basic understanding of Perl.	[reply]

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