#...
sub autoload_sub {
    my $sub = shift;

    my $filename = AutoLoader::find_filename( $sub );

    my $save = $@;
    local $!; # Do not munge the value. 
    eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require $filename };
    if ($@) {
	if (substr($sub,-9) eq '::DESTROY') {
	    no strict 'refs';
	    *$sub = sub {};
	    $@ = undef;
	} elsif ($@ =~ /^Can't locate/) {
	    # The load might just have failed because the filename was too
	    # long for some old SVR3 systems which treat long names as errors.
	    # If we can successfully truncate a long name then it's worth a go.
	    # There is a slight risk that we could pick up the wrong file here
	    # but autosplit should have warned about that when splitting.
	    if ($filename =~ s/(\w{12,})\.al$/substr($1,0,11).".al"/e){
		eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require $filename };
	    }
	}
#...