I was wondering how eval EXPR compares. We have the following without eval EXPR:

BEGIN {
    if ($^O =~ /win32/) {
        require Win32::TieRegistry;
        import Win32::TieRegistry Delimiter=>"/", ArrayValues=>0;
    }
}
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The following would be the equivalent using eval EXPR and a minimal expression:

BEGIN {
    if ($^O =~ /win32/) {
        my @import = ( Delimiter=>"/", ArrayValues=>0 );
        eval "use Win32::TieRegistry \@import; 1"
            or die $@;
    }
}
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Or if you extended the expression beyond the necessary:

BEGIN {
    if ($^O =~ /win32/) {
        eval 'use Win32::TieRegistry Delimiter=>"/", ArrayValues=>0; 1
+'
            or die $@;
    }
}
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So it looks like there's no gain from using eval EXPR.

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