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in thread Carp; errors ala DBI
Please don't use AUTOLOAD in code for distribution.
You must be kidding, don't you? :-)
At least I saw two good modules which uses AUTOLOAD very well: CGI.pm and matts's DBIx::AnyDBD. CGI.pm uses it to delay compilation of certain subs - aka lazy compilation. In DBIx::AnyDBD, AUTOLOAD "inherits" DBI's database handles methods. At a glance, this is also doable by subclassing the DBI::db package. Dunno why matts chooses the AUTOLOAD approach instead of subclassing.
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