where you can't directly call Exporter's import method. The export_to_level
method looks like:
-MyPackage->export_to_level($where_to_export, $package, @what_to_export);
+ MyPackage->export_to_level($where_to_export, $package, @what_to_export);
where $where_to_export is an integer telling how far up the calling stack
to export your symbols, and @what_to_export is an array telling what
For example, suppose that you have a module, A, which already has an
import function:
-package A;
+ package A;
-@ISA = qw(Exporter);
-@EXPORT_OK = qw ($b);
+ @ISA = qw(Exporter);
+ @EXPORT_OK = qw ($b);
-sub import
-{
- $A::b = 1; # not a very useful import method
-}
+ sub import
+ {
+ $A::b = 1; # not a very useful import method
+ }
and you want to Export symbol $A::b back to the module that called
package A. Since Exporter relies on the import method to work, via
inheritance, as it stands Exporter::import() will never get called.
Instead, say the following:
-package A;
-@ISA = qw(Exporter);
-@EXPORT_OK = qw ($b);
+ package A;
+ @ISA = qw(Exporter);
+ @EXPORT_OK = qw ($b);
-sub import
-{
- $A::b = 1;
- A->export_to_level(1, @_);
-}
+ sub import
+ {
+ $A::b = 1;
+ A->export_to_level(1, @_);
+ }
This will export the symbols one level 'above' the current package - ie: to
the program or module that used package A.