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NAME
       Module::Loaded - mark modules as loaded or unloaded

SYNOPSIS
           use Module::Loaded;

           $bool = mark_as_loaded('Foo');   # Foo.pm is now marked as loaded
           $loc  = is_loaded('Foo');        # location of Foo.pm set to the
                                            # loaders location
           eval "require 'Foo'";            # is now a no-op

           $bool = mark_as_unloaded('Foo'); # Foo.pm no longer marked as loaded
           eval "require 'Foo'";            # Will try to find Foo.pm in @INC

DESCRIPTION
       When testing applications, often you find yourself needing
       to provide functionality in your test environment that
       would usually be provided by external modules. Rather than
       munging the %INC by hand to mark these external modules as
       loaded, so they are not attempted to be loaded by perl,
       this module offers you a very simple way to mark modules
       as loaded and/or unloaded.

FUNCTIONS
   $bool = mark_as_loaded( PACKAGE );
       Marks the package as loaded to perl. "PACKAGE" can be a
       bareword or string.

       If the module is already loaded, "mark_as_loaded" will
       carp about this and tell you from where the "PACKAGE" has
       been loaded already.

   $bool = mark_as_unloaded( PACKAGE );
       Marks the package as unloaded to perl, which is the exact
       opposite of "mark_as_loaded". "PACKAGE" can be a bareword
       or string.

       If the module is already unloaded, "mark_as_unloaded" will
       carp about this and tell you the "PACKAGE" has been
       unloaded already.

   $loc = is_loaded( PACKAGE );
       "is_loaded" tells you if "PACKAGE" has been marked as
       loaded yet.  "PACKAGE" can be a bareword or string.

       It returns falls if "PACKAGE" has not been loaded yet and
       the location from where it is said to be loaded on
       success.

BUG REPORTS
       Please report bugs or other issues to
       <bug-module-loaded@rt.cpan.org<gt>.





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Module::Loaded(3pPerl Programmers Reference GuiModule::Loaded(3p)


AUTHOR
       This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or
       modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.



















































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