I'm wondering if there is a better (safer, faster, etc.) way of dynamically loading a class by it's name, and then invoking the constructor (using the class name). The key is we don't want to have to say "use BAREWORD_CLASS", but want to get some of the same benefits. Here's what I'm doing now:

sub creator_func
{
   my ($class, $arg1, $arg2) = @_;

   eval "require $class";
   if ($@)
   {
        print "Load error for class='$class': $@\n";
        return;
   }

   my $new_obj = $class->new ($arg1, $arg2);
   return $new_obj;
}

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Is this inefficient? Will it compile the perl class every time it hits the require statement?

In reply to Dynamic Class Loading, Compilation, & Speed by zerohero

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