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-- Perl 5.10.0 documentation --

if - use a Perl module if a condition holds

  use if CONDITION, MODULE => ARGUMENTS;

The construct

  use if CONDITION, MODULE => ARGUMENTS;

has no effect unless CONDITION is true. In this case the effect is the same as of

  use MODULE ARGUMENTS;

Above => provides necessary quoting of MODULE . If not used (e.g., no ARGUMENTS to give), you'd better quote MODULE yourselves.

The current implementation does not allow specification of the required version of the module.