sub getEncoding
{
    my ($class, $name, $skip_external) = @_;

    ref($name) && $name->can('renew') and return $name;
    exists $Encoding{$name} and return $Encoding{$name};
    my $lc = lc $name;
    exists $Encoding{$lc} and return $Encoding{$lc};

    my $oc = $class->find_alias($name);
    defined($oc) and return $oc;
    $lc ne $name and $oc = $class->find_alias($lc);
    defined($oc) and return $oc;

    unless ($skip_external)
    {
        if (my $mod = $ExtModule{$name} || $ExtModule{$lc}){
            $mod =~ s,::,/,g ; $mod .= '.pm';
            eval{ require $mod; };    <--- HERE
            exists $Encoding{$name} and return $Encoding{$name};
        }
    }
    return;
}