The problem with autoload is that it can hide misspelled methods. It can be hard to debug a program when you have calls that work, but the end result is different than what you expect.

# Example:

$self->callab1e( $value ); #vs.
$self->callable( $value );
# Problem is ^. 

# A transcribed 'one' in place of an L. You 
# might never notice if your editor uses the 
# wrong font.
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I am not saying you should manually write 50 functions, but you should not blindly use autoload without understanding its short-comings.