Is there any work around to make perl debugger set break points on modules not yet loaded?

Question

So that in future the break points take affect as soon as the target file is loaded. Otherwise the debugger hardly helps ...

main::(test.pl:7):      Class->new->go;
  DB<1> f Movie.pm
No file matching `Movie.pm' is loaded.
  DB<2> b Movie.pm:10
Subroutine main::Movie not found.

I know Movie.pm will be loaded and want to set a bp on its 10th line...

Answer 1

I get round problems like this by manually typing the 'use' line into the debugger.

  DB<1> b LWP::Simple::get
Subroutine LWP::Simple::get not found.

  DB<2> use LWP::Simple


  DB<3> b LWP::Simple::get

  DB<4>

Does that help?

Answer 2

Workaround: require the module when the debugger starts. You can put stuff in your .perldb rc file so you don't have to type/paste it every debugger session.