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Re^3: How to determine absolute path of current Perl file?

by Your Mother (Archbishop)
on Mar 01, 2016 at 13:01 UTC ( [id://1156519]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: How to determine absolute path of current Perl file?
in thread How to determine absolute path of current Perl file?

Regarding benefits of non-absolute __FILE__. I suspect it is because the information requires consulting the file system, perhaps at length, to resolve links and such. Often unnecessary and always more expensive.

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