[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug MacEachern) wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Ken Williams wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stas Bekman) wrote:
>> >A combination of C<strict> and C<vars> pragmas keeps modules clean and
>> >reduces a bit of noise. However, the C<vars> pragma also creates
>> >aliases, as does C<Exporter>, which eat up more memory. When
>> >possible, try to use fully qualified names instead of C<use vars>.
>>
>> I have to disagree with this benchmark. The aliases take up only the
>> tiniest bit of memory, much less than your benchmark seems to indicate.
>
>they can add up quick:
>% perlbloat 'use POSIX ()'
>use POSIX () added 316k
>
>% perlbloat 'use POSIX'
>use POSIX added 696k
>
>that's 380k worth of aliases. now let's say 6 different registry scripts
>'use POSIX;' for strftime or whatever, 6 * 380k = 2.3Mb
I guess we'll call that the extreme case. =)
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