Re: [PATCH] Git.pm: Make File::Spec and File::Temp requirement lazy

From: Marcus Griep <marcus@griep.us>
Date: Aug 15, 2008, 19:46 UTC
Message-ID: <48A5DD0B.8050204@griep.us>
In-Reply-To: <3e8340490808151231p700ca76fub16700708f2942bb@mail.gmail.com>

Bryan Donlan wrote:

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> perl's 'require' will only attempt to load a module the first time it
> is used; subsequent attempts will result in a quick no-op, so there's
> no need to further cache. Unless you mean to cache a negative result?
> In which case, the require should be quite fast, as it'll quickly get
> a 'file not found' error without needing to do any compilation.

Aha. Point taken. I was under the mistaken impression that an entirely new context was set up in an 'eval', but it is much more lightweight than that. A simplified patch is forthcoming.

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