tools/perl-5.8.0/lib/5.8.0/if.pm

package if;

our $VERSION = '0.01';

sub work {
  my $method = shift() ? 'import' : 'unimport';
  return unless shift;          # CONDITION
  my $p = shift;                # PACKAGE
  eval "require $p" or die;     # Adds .pm etc if needed
  $p->$method(@_) if $p->can($method);
}

sub import   { shift; unshift @_, 1; goto &work }
sub unimport { shift; unshift @_, 0; goto &work }

1;
__END__

=head1 NAME

if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use if CONDITION, MODULE => ARGUMENTS;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The construct

  use if CONDITION, MODULE => ARGUMENTS;

has no effect unless C<CONDITION> is true.  In this case the effect is
the same as of

  use MODULE ARGUMENTS;

=head1 BUGS

The current implementation does not allow specification of the
required version of the module.

=head1 AUTHOR

Ilya Zakharevich L<mailto:perl-module-if@ilyaz.org>.

=cut