On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 04:15:13AM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
=head2 The Basics
The new Cautoload pragma would rely on an Cautoload.conf file that
was located in C@INC and looked something like this:
What happens when there are multiple Cautoload.conf files in C@INC?
A custom one
This will make programs highly nonportable. You can't easily know what
modules they really need.
--tom
Tom Christiansen wrote:
Mostly harmless. Right before raising the famous "Can't locate method
..." error, Perl should check to see if Cautoload is in effect. If so,
it should read the Cautoload.conf config file and ...
***LINEARLY READ A FLAT FILE!!?!?!***
I didn't get into the guts too
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
New pragma 'autoload' to load functions and modules on-demand
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 Aug 2000
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2000
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