Thanks...
as It turns out I had to use both a BEGIN{} to set the variables and an
eval{} around the use (don't ask, it's some rather ugly stuff...).
autouse wasn't quite whta I needed (the module I'm using contains no
functions, just a big hash)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:53 AM
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>Subject: Re: OT: use problem (need interpolation)
>
>
>> From: Jerrad Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Is there anyway to fool perl into letting you do a:
>>
>> use Foo ($bar, 'baz', 'quux');
>
>'use' lines are executed very early on during script loading:
>
> use Foo x y z
>
>is roughly equivalent to
>
> BEGIN { require Foo; import Foo x y z }
>
>so $bar is likely to be undefined unless you also set it in
>a BEGIN section, eg
>
> BEGIN { $bar = .... }
> use Foo ($bar, 'baz', 'quux');
>
>or use 'require' instead of 'use' if you can tolerate the module being
>loaded late, eg
>
> $bar = ....;
> require Foo;
> import Foo ($bar, 'baz', 'quux');
>
>
>
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