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+package autouse;
+
+#use strict;		# debugging only
+use 5.006;		# use warnings
+
+$autouse::VERSION = '1.11';
+
+$autouse::DEBUG ||= 0;
+
+sub vet_import ($);
+
+sub croak {
+    require Carp;
+    Carp::croak(@_);
+}
+
+sub import {
+    my $class = @_ ? shift : 'autouse';
+    croak "usage: use $class MODULE [,SUBS...]" unless @_;
+    my $module = shift;
+
+    (my $pm = $module) =~ s{::}{/}g;
+    $pm .= '.pm';
+    if (exists $INC{$pm}) {
+	vet_import $module;
+	local $Exporter::ExportLevel = $Exporter::ExportLevel + 1;
+	# $Exporter::Verbose = 1;
+	return $module->import(map { (my $f = $_) =~ s/\(.*?\)$//; $f } @_);
+    }
+
+    # It is not loaded: need to do real work.
+    my $callpkg = caller(0);
+    print "autouse called from $callpkg\n" if $autouse::DEBUG;
+
+    my $index;
+    for my $f (@_) {
+	my $proto;
+	$proto = $1 if (my $func = $f) =~ s/\((.*)\)$//;
+
+	my $closure_import_func = $func;	# Full name
+	my $closure_func = $func;		# Name inside package
+	my $index = rindex($func, '::');
+	if ($index == -1) {
+	    $closure_import_func = "${callpkg}::$func";
+	} else {
+	    $closure_func = substr $func, $index + 2;
+	    croak "autouse into different package attempted"
+		unless substr($func, 0, $index) eq $module;
+	}
+
+	my $load_sub = sub {
+	    unless ($INC{$pm}) {
+		require $pm;
+		vet_import $module;
+	    }
+            no warnings qw(redefine prototype);
+	    *$closure_import_func = \&{"${module}::$closure_func"};
+	    print "autousing $module; "
+		  ."imported $closure_func as $closure_import_func\n"
+		if $autouse::DEBUG;
+	    goto &$closure_import_func;
+	};
+
+	if (defined $proto) {
+	    *$closure_import_func = eval "sub ($proto) { goto &\$load_sub }"
+	        || die;
+	} else {
+	    *$closure_import_func = $load_sub;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+sub vet_import ($) {
+    my $module = shift;
+    if (my $import = $module->can('import')) {
+	croak "autoused module $module has unique import() method"
+	    unless defined(&Exporter::import)
+		   && ($import == \&Exporter::import ||
+		       $import == \&UNIVERSAL::import)
+    }
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  use autouse 'Carp' => qw(carp croak);
+  carp "this carp was predeclared and autoused ";
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+If the module C<Module> is already loaded, then the declaration
+
+  use autouse 'Module' => qw(func1 func2($;$));
+
+is equivalent to
+
+  use Module qw(func1 func2);
+
+if C<Module> defines func2() with prototype C<($;$)>, and func1() has
+no prototypes.  (At least if C<Module> uses C<Exporter>'s C<import>,
+otherwise it is a fatal error.)
+
+If the module C<Module> is not loaded yet, then the above declaration
+declares functions func1() and func2() in the current package.  When
+these functions are called, they load the package C<Module> if needed,
+and substitute themselves with the correct definitions.
+
+=begin _deprecated
+
+   use Module qw(Module::func3);
+
+will work and is the equivalent to:
+
+   use Module qw(func3);
+
+It is not a very useful feature and has been deprecated.
+
+=end _deprecated
+
+
+=head1 WARNING
+
+Using C<autouse> will move important steps of your program's execution
+from compile time to runtime.  This can
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Break the execution of your program if the module you C<autouse>d has
+some initialization which it expects to be done early.
+
+=item *
+
+hide bugs in your code since important checks (like correctness of
+prototypes) is moved from compile time to runtime.  In particular, if
+the prototype you specified on C<autouse> line is wrong, you will not
+find it out until the corresponding function is executed.  This will be
+very unfortunate for functions which are not always called (note that
+for such functions C<autouse>ing gives biggest win, for a workaround
+see below).
+
+=back
+
+To alleviate the second problem (partially) it is advised to write
+your scripts like this:
+
+  use Module;
+  use autouse Module => qw(carp($) croak(&$));
+  carp "this carp was predeclared and autoused ";
+
+The first line ensures that the errors in your argument specification
+are found early.  When you ship your application you should comment
+out the first line, since it makes the second one useless.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Ilya Zakharevich (ilya@math.ohio-state.edu)
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+perl(1).
+
+=cut