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User:Blm/ISAVsbase

   use base qw/Some::Module/;

is so much more than

   push @ISA, 'Some::Module';

Why?

   use base qw/Some::Module/;

is the equivalent of:

   BEGIN {
       require Some::Module;
       push @ISA, 'SOME::Module';
   }

see perldoc base