The basic idea is that instead of creating an instance of a class, you would create an instance of the autovivifying class that calls an initialization function the first time it needs to

This smakes of a solution looking for a problem.

Two questions:

  1. Why would I instantiate an instance of a class that I'm not going to use?

    Smacks of a bad cure for a bad scoping problem; better corrected by correctly scoping the instantiation.

  2. In what scenario is there a benefit in deferring the instanciation from where I declare the instance, to the point of first use?

    Quantify the benefit.

A third question: Why does your "example of usage" not actually run?

C:\test>t-autoVivify.pl
Can't locate object method "new" via package "autovivify" (perhaps you
+ forgot to load "autovivify"?) at C:\test\t-autoVivify.pl line 29.

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In reply to Re: Automatic vivification of an object by BrowserUk
in thread Automatic vivification of an object by bounsy

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