Load order is a lot of what modules are there for. If A depends on B, B needs to load first. If you are depending on side effects of the module load or other un

Load order is a lot of what modules are there for. If A depends on B, B needs to load first. If you are depending on side effects of the module load or other undocumented dependencies, you should Google "considered harmful" and spend a few days reading the results. All of the issues in #1 and #3 don't actually come from modules, but from "doing it wrong" -- preprocessors and forced dependencies and all the other bad practices that have been tacked on top.