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  # NAME
  
  from - load a module and import selected items from it
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use from <Test &plan &ok>;  # only import "plan" and "ok"
  
  plan 1;
  ok "foo", "bar";  # ok 1 - bar
  
  use from "Foo";  # use Foo, but don't import anything
  
  use from <Test ! &skip>;  # import everything *except* skip
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  The `from` distribution is a helper module that allows you to load any given module and only import selected items from whatever that module imports by default. This can be helpful when there is a conflict between different modules exporting something with the same name (such as `skip` in the Raku core, and the `skip` subroutine provided by `Test`.
  
  The first argument indicates the name of the module to be loaded. If it is the only argument, then the module will be loaded without doing **any** of its imports (which is basically the same as `need`).
  
  If the second argument is a sole exclamation mark, it indicates that the rest of the arguments are items that should **not** be imported.
  
  The rest of the arguments indicate the items that should (not) be imported.
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/from> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2022, 2025 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  