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+package Module::Load;
+
+$VERSION = '0.16';
+
+use strict;
+use File::Spec ();
+
+sub import {
+ my $who = _who();
+
+ { no strict 'refs';
+ *{"${who}::load"} = *load;
+ }
+}
+
+sub load (*;@) {
+ my $mod = shift or return;
+ my $who = _who();
+
+ if( _is_file( $mod ) ) {
+ require $mod;
+ } else {
+ LOAD: {
+ my $err;
+ for my $flag ( qw[1 0] ) {
+ my $file = _to_file( $mod, $flag);
+ eval { require $file };
+ $@ ? $err .= $@ : last LOAD;
+ }
+ die $err if $err;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ### This addresses #41883: Module::Load cannot import
+ ### non-Exporter module. ->import() routines weren't
+ ### properly called when load() was used.
+ { no strict 'refs';
+ my $import;
+ if (@_ and $import = $mod->can('import')) {
+ unshift @_, $mod;
+ goto &$import;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+sub _to_file{
+ local $_ = shift;
+ my $pm = shift || '';
+
+ my @parts = split /::/;
+
+ ### because of [perl #19213], see caveats ###
+ my $file = $^O eq 'MSWin32'
+ ? join "/", @parts
+ : File::Spec->catfile( @parts );
+
+ $file .= '.pm' if $pm;
+
+ ### on perl's before 5.10 (5.9.5@31746) if you require
+ ### a file in VMS format, it's stored in %INC in VMS
+ ### format. Therefor, better unixify it first
+ ### Patch in reply to John Malmbergs patch (as mentioned
+ ### above) on p5p Tue 21 Aug 2007 04:55:07
+ $file = VMS::Filespec::unixify($file) if $^O eq 'VMS';
+
+ return $file;
+}
+
+sub _who { (caller(1))[0] }
+
+sub _is_file {
+ local $_ = shift;
+ return /^\./ ? 1 :
+ /[^\w:']/ ? 1 :
+ undef
+ #' silly bbedit..
+}
+
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Module::Load - runtime require of both modules and files
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use Module::Load;
+
+ my $module = 'Data:Dumper';
+ load Data::Dumper; # loads that module
+ load 'Data::Dumper'; # ditto
+ load $module # tritto
+
+ my $script = 'some/script.pl'
+ load $script;
+ load 'some/script.pl'; # use quotes because of punctuations
+
+ load thing; # try 'thing' first, then 'thing.pm'
+
+ load CGI, ':standard' # like 'use CGI qw[:standard]'
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+C<load> eliminates the need to know whether you are trying to require
+either a file or a module.
+
+If you consult C<perldoc -f require> you will see that C<require> will
+behave differently when given a bareword or a string.
+
+In the case of a string, C<require> assumes you are wanting to load a
+file. But in the case of a bareword, it assumes you mean a module.
+
+This gives nasty overhead when you are trying to dynamically require
+modules at runtime, since you will need to change the module notation
+(C<Acme::Comment>) to a file notation fitting the particular platform
+you are on.
+
+C<load> eliminates the need for this overhead and will just DWYM.
+
+=head1 Rules
+
+C<load> has the following rules to decide what it thinks you want:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+If the argument has any characters in it other than those matching
+C<\w>, C<:> or C<'>, it must be a file
+
+=item *
+
+If the argument matches only C<[\w:']>, it must be a module
+
+=item *
+
+If the argument matches only C<\w>, it could either be a module or a
+file. We will try to find C<file> first in C<@INC> and if that fails,
+we will try to find C<file.pm> in @INC.
+If both fail, we die with the respective error messages.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Caveats
+
+Because of a bug in perl (#19213), at least in version 5.6.1, we have
+to hardcode the path separator for a require on Win32 to be C</>, like
+on Unix rather than the Win32 C<\>. Otherwise perl will not read its
+own %INC accurately double load files if they are required again, or
+in the worst case, core dump.
+
+C<Module::Load> cannot do implicit imports, only explicit imports.
+(in other words, you always have to specify explicitly what you wish
+to import from a module, even if the functions are in that modules'
+C<@EXPORT>)
+
+=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+Thanks to Jonas B. Nielsen for making explicit imports work.
+
+=head1 BUG REPORTS
+
+Please report bugs or other issues to E<lt>bug-module-load@rt.cpan.org<gt>.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+This module by Jos Boumans E<lt>kane@cpan.orgE<gt>.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+
+=cut