How do I conditionally use a Perl module only if I'm on Windows?

Question

The following Perl code ..

if ($^O eq \"MSWin32\") {
  use Win32;                                                                                                         


        

Answer 1

As a shortcut for the sequence:

BEGIN {
    if ($^O eq "MSWin32")
    {
        require Win32;
        Win32::->import();  # or ...->import( your-args ); if you passed import arguments to use Win32
    }
}

you can use the if pragma:

use if $^O eq "MSWin32", "Win32";  # or ..."Win32", your-args;