use 5.020; use feature 'experimental::signatures'; no warnings 'experimental::signatures'; sub preload_module( $base_dir, $modulename ) { my $final_name = $modulename; $final_name =~ s!::!/!g; require "$base_dir/$final_name.pm"; } BEGIN { preload_module('/some/perl5/dir', 'List::Util' ); preload_module('/some/perl5/dir', 'Scalar::Util' ); preload_module('/some/other/perl5/dir', 'Another::Module' ); } use List::Util 'reduce';