File::Spec is in included with the standard perl mods I believe
so dependencies shouldn't be a problem.
> I see. You're right, this is actually much nicer!
>
> Sorry for the misinformation. On debian it return : also. I made a
> mistake checking it.
>
> But with the suggested code by Per it works just fine:
>
> sub load {
> my $module=@_[0];
> $module = File::Spec->catfile(split /::/, $module);
> $module .= '.pm';
>
> eval { require $module; };
>
> return $@ ? 1 : 0;
> }
>
> Of course one has to put a use File::Spec at the beginning and a Per
> Finar Ellefsen