How do I conditionally use a Perl module only if I'm on Windows?

Question

The following Perl code ..

if ($^O eq \"MSWin32\") {
  use Win32;                                                                                                         


        

Answer 1

require Module;

But use also calls import, require does not. So, if the module exports to the default namespace, you should also call

import Module qw(stuff_to_import);

You can also eval "use Module" - which works great IF perl can find the proper path at runtime.