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in reply to Re^4: Correct syntax for using $INC to keep modules in same file
in thread can't import using exporter

Something like this:

package mem;

sub import
{
    my (undef, $package) = @_;
    $package =~ s!::!/!g;
    $INC{$package . '.pm'} = 1;
}

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As long as that appears logically before any use mem 'foo'; statements in your program, everything should work correctly. It's slightly more typing than your implementation of mem, but it keeps all of the details of the implementation in one place.

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