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in reply to Re: Use of Autoloader in Modern Times
in thread Use of Autoloader in Modern Times

...Right, but it's an extra I/O op (or more) just to pull in the sub out of the .al file, each on an individual basis...

Are the savings worth the cost?

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Re^3: Use of Autoloader in Modern Times
by hippo (Bishop) on Nov 15, 2012 at 23:33 UTC

    Presumably that will depend on the individual script's use case.

    If only 1 of every 1000 runs will perform the conditional require, then it's probably negligible. If 999 of every 1000 runs needs it, then it is probably not negligible.

    If in doubt, benchmark!