[PBP-pm] what's the correct way to do eval

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com> writes:

Randal> Perhaps if you put most of this into a BEGIN block, I'd be less
Randal> horrified.

Something like:

my $HAS_FEATURE_FOO; # default undef
BEGIN {
   $HAS_FEATURE_FOO = eval { require Feature::Foo }
   and Feature::Foo->import;
}

And yes, that "and" is "and" and not "&&" for a reason. :)

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