in reply to constants wont optimize
use if eval { require mod; 1 }, qw' constant haveMod 1 '; use if not exist $INC{'mod.pm'}, qw' constant haveMod 0 '; use Module::Loaded qw' is_loaded '; use constant haveMod => !! is_loaded('mod'); [download]
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