Perl 6 Deep Dive

The import keyword 

The import keyword imports the names from the module, which have the export trait.

In combination with need, import completes the process of getting functionality from a module. Let's update the program and run it:

need Add;import Add;say add(10, 20);

This time, everything works and the program prints the result returned by the add function. Consider the following code:

$ perl6 -I . main.pl This is Add.pmStart30

Notice that bare import is not sufficient for loading a module. It should follow the need instruction.

Both need and import happen at compile time. This means that after a program is compiled, these instructions are executed before the main program. From a practical point of view that means that you should not ...