I see your point, and agree with you.
My feeling was the same, to put it at the top. When I ran your script, it
didn't make any difference when calling the other routine (I didn't expect
that to work).
Thanks,
Jeff
--- "NYIMI Jose (BMB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is no added value trying to make a module
> only available for one subroutine,
> I'd 'use' them (modules) all at the top of the script.
> (for readability and maintainance reasons).
>
> Try this and note how Data::Dumper module is available from suby,
> Even though it was 'used' inside subx.
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
>
> &suby();
>
> sub subx{
> use Data::Dumper;
> }
>
> sub suby{
> print Data::Dumper->Dump([EMAIL PROTECTED]);
> }
> _END__
>
> José.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Westman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:12 PM
> > To: beginners
> > Subject: Where to use 'use'
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a trivial question. I have a perl script, with
> > several sub-routines.
> > In one of those routines, I currently have listed 'use
> > Date::Calc'. So that package is therefore only available
> > (and needed) in that one sub-routine.
> >
> > My question is, should all 'use' statements be placed at the
> > top of the script, or only in routines that need them?
> >
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
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