Hello,

Well, I do care, since this is a question that arises a lot at work, that is: module load times. From previous discussions i gathered that modules take almost zero time to load, especially compared to system calls (that was the origin of the argument, it led to the use of Archive::Tar and others ) .

if you use a nontrivial selection of modules the likely that POSIX gets loaded anyway is pretty high

That's a good point, but the fact is that I mainly do system administration and installing more module "just for me" is forbidden. So i only use standard distribution modules, on my current project at least. (granted, these could also, maybe, load posix ! )

probably reduce your run times (I admit I havent benchmarked),

System load is the most important point for me, as in everything system.
I believe POSIX has quite a lot of things in it, and i'm ready to had a few more lines in trade of the mere possibility that i gain something on that aspect.
Maybe i could use POSIX qw(strftime) , but i do not know how this stands in load time difference compared to the whole use posix . Do you know ?

Now if i really needed POSIX for something, i would use it. But only to format a date string ? Is it not using posix only for this that would make the code as a whole bloated ? .

Anyway, I note the points you make on good practice since it's a very important subject where i certainly need more advice

Cheers,

ZlR.

In reply to Re^6: Directory creation with current Date by ZlR
in thread Directory creation with current Date by samv74

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