SYNOPSIS In the command-line: % perl -MModule::Load::In::INIT=Mod::One,Mod::Two='Some;Import;Args' somescript.pl Mod::One and Mod::Two will be loaded in the INIT phase instead of BEGIN phase. DESCRIPTION This module can load (or perhaps defer loading) modules in the INIT phase instead of the BEGIN phase. One use-case where it is useful: monkey-patching a module (using a Module::Patch-based module) in a fatpacked script (see Module::FatPack or App::FatPacker), e.g.: % perl -MSome::Module::Patch::Foo fatpacked-script.pl Some::Module::Patch::Foo will try to load Some::Module then patch it. This might fail when module is loaded by the fatpack handler (which is a require hook) as by the time Some::Module::Patch::Foo is loaded, the fatpack handler has not been setup yet, and Some::Module is not available elsewhere (on the filesystem). This, however, works: % perl -MModule::Load::In::INIT=Some::Module::Patch::Foo fatpacked-script.pl Loading of Some::Module::Patch::Foo (and by extension, Some::Module) is deferred to the INIT phase. By that time, the fatpack require hook has been setup and Some::Module can be (or might already be) loaded by it.