On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 06:07:58PM -0500, Rob Ransbottom wrote: > > > AUTOLOAD (ala Autoloader, SelfLoader etc) could be put to good > > and interesting uses in either handling large libraries of queries > > (load in demand) or even automatically generating methods with > > logic based on the method name: > > $dbh->Delete_from_table($table, $key) > > AUTOLOAD is invasive. No one writing a module for general distribution > should use AUTOLOAD. There is no good way to resolve two uncoordinated > uses of AUTOLOAD in one program.
Umm, that's not really true, at least not in the way you've stated it. Many modules use the AutoLoader and SelfLoader transparently, for example. It _is_ very important to understand just how AUTOLOAD works, especially in relation to method lookup and the importance of predeclaring methods. Tim.
