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+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Fatal;
+
+use Role::Tiny ();
+
+use lib 't/lib';
+
+{
+ package TrackLoad;
+ our $LOADED = 0;
+}
+
+Role::Tiny::_load_module('TrackLoad');
+is $TrackLoad::LOADED, 0, 'modules not loaded if symbol table entries exist';
+
+eval { Role::Tiny::_load_module('BrokenModule') };
+like "$@", qr/Compilation failed/,
+ 'broken modules throw errors';
+eval { require BrokenModule };
+like "$@", qr/Compilation failed/,
+ ' ... and still fail if required again';
+
+eval { Role::Tiny::_load_module('FalseModule') };
+like "$@", qr/did not return a true value/,
+ 'modules returning false throw errors';
+eval { require FalseModule };
+like "$@", qr/did not return a true value/,
+ ' ... and still fail if required again';
+
+done_testing;