On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 06:15:21PM -0800, Edward S. Peschko wrote:
>  I'd like to make perl be able to handle syntax like:
>  
>  @INC = ( '&code:function::name', 'lib', 'lib2' );
>  
>  which would work the same as 
>  
>  @INC = ( sub { }, 'lib', 'lib2' );
>  
>  except be more robust in being able to be evaluated (again, this is hurting in 
>  PAR, which uses code refs in @INC and hence doesn't handle AutoLoader.pm and 
>  Inline.pm very well - both of which use eval "use something" or require "something",
>  which stringifies @INC and hence breaks any code refs in it). 

Do you have an example of AutoLoader breaking with a code ref @INC?
IIRC ex::lib::zip tests loading autosplit modules via a code ref @INC and
everything works.

I'd like to find the "like" syntax, as I don't feel calm with the idea
of strings in @INC starting '&' now having special meaning.
[Although only BOFHs on Unix would go around using local directories with
names starting & for holding their modules]

Nicholas Clark