Thanks Sascha for finding that old bug message. I glanced at the module and the (14 year old) comments in the bug, and it looks like this has not worked in a long time. So, I guess nobody else is using it. Well, my Plan B was always using an explicit "<use>" at the top of each page, so I guess I'l just push forward with that since it's working and the prospects for the implicit use module seem slim...
-MAP
