SPUG: How to deal with same name packages?

[C.J. Collier]

You might consider calling it kc::Link (giving yourself a namespace "kc")

On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, c k wrote:

> Is there a way to deal with same name
> packages/modules/classes/objects in perl?  
> 
> I created a Link.pm and used that with LWP in a main
> script (e.g., put use Link; and use LWP; near the
> top).  I believe my Link.pm is clashing with another
> module named Link.pm in LWP, because when I change my
> Link.pm to Lynk.pm things work fine.
> 
> Besides changing my module name from Link.pm to
> Lynk.pm, is there another way to deal with same name
> packages in Perl?  For example, in C you can do this,
> 
> #if !defined LinkH
> #define      LinkH
> 
> some stuff ...
> 
> #endif
> 
> Can I do that in Perl?  Is there a technique for doing
> that?  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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