IMHO, a nice change to Perl would be to defer loading class modules until the first Class::Module->new() statement is encountered, and at that point, Perl would "require" but not "import" the module. This is sufficient for most class modules, and would save time on initial loading of a script.
David On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it totally depends on the usage pattern. For a persistent web > application loading everything up front won't hurt performance. > For an editor where people want to start typing ASAP and don't > want to wait for all the subsystems to load you will serve them better > by delaying everything as much as possible. > > Gabor > _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list Perl@perl.org.il http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
