Re^5: Using a module more than once

Interesting. And it comes with perl 5.8.7, no less. But so does autouse. Its purpose looks similar.

SelfLoader: load functions only on demand
autouse: postpone load of modules until a function is used

So... what's the difference between SelfLoader and autouse? And which is "best"?

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Re^6: Using a module more than once by techra (Pilgrim) on Aug 02, 2005 at 17:27 UTC
I don't know much about autouse, as I haven't tried it out. It looks like autouse's purpose is more context-oriented while SelfLoader is useful in a broader context. The benefit of delaying a 'use Module' command is a side-effect of SelfLoader, while it seems to be the main purpose of autouse. SelfLoader delays the compilation of methods/subroutines until they are called, while autouse delays the execution of 'using' a module until it is explicitly called.	[reply]

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Re^6: Using a module more than once
by techra (Pilgrim) on Aug 02, 2005 at 17:27 UTC

I don't know much about autouse, as I haven't tried it out. It looks like autouse's purpose is more context-oriented while SelfLoader is useful in a broader context. The benefit of delaying a 'use Module' command is a side-effect of SelfLoader, while it seems to be the main purpose of autouse.

SelfLoader delays the compilation of methods/subroutines until they are called, while autouse delays the execution of 'using' a module until it is explicitly called.

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