Hello monks,

I have some code I'm packaging for CPAN release, which includes some logic to do JIT loading of modules by implementing UNIVERSAL::AUTOLOAD.

Given that there is only one UNIVERSAL::AUTOLOAD, I broke that part out into a module, and added an API so that the feature can be shared, tentatively calling it Class::AutoLoader.

ex.: 

use Class::AutoLoader "My::Thing";
use Class::AutoLoader qr/SomeNamespace::.*/;
use Class::AutoLoader \&my_class_generator;

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I talked with Stevan Little and Rob Kinyon, who wrote Class::LazyLoad, about merging features. Stevan sent me to Rob, and Rob suggested I post here for suggestions.

Rob (Dragonchild) suggested I indicate he had "vague reservations I can't explain".
He mentioned that perl6 has had something like this for a while, and that following that name/API might be good. (I think its a pragma, "use autoloader ....");

Any comments or suggestions on naming, API, other modules which do this I haven't found, etc?

The source is 206 lines, including POD, so I'd be glad to post it or mail it to the curious if the SYNOPSIS above isn't sufficient.

Thanks in advance...

In reply to appropriate name/place for module which does JIT loading of modules by sakoht

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