title: Doesn't Perl include current directory in @INC by default?
body: <p>I have never fully understood Perl's resolution of package names, but I always assumed that the following should always work, assuming you are executing myscript.pl from within the directory that contains it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>myscript.pl (contains the following statement: use Class1::Class2::Class3)
  Class1/
      Class2/
          Class3.pm (contains the following package declaration: package Class1::Class2::Class3;)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, this is not working in my code because Class3.pm cannot be located. Looking at @INC, it does not include the current directory, only various directories of my Strawberry Perl installation.</p>
  
  <p>What is the recommended way to solve this? I suppose I could modify @INC, or I could start using FindBin, but I'm not sure which is best. I have inherited this code and am simply migrating it to a new location, but it doesn't look like the old code needed either such solution (I could be wrong, still looking...)</p>