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Dan Sugalski wrote: > > The last > thing I want is for every module to automagically export all (or even some) > of its functions. That way lies namespace pollution *real* fast. I don't see why this is a concern. Unless some explicit arrangement is made for CGI to export param (following the example), a call to unqualified param() in user code shouldn't find CGI::param, automagically loaded or otherwise. Namespaces is an orthogonal issue, I think. And so the problem of autoloading non-core definitions is minimized; if I call CGI::param explicitly, there's only a few places it can reasonably be expected to come from. Vs. calling something like time(), which can only come from someplace that defines it I<in the main:: space> (or whatever is the current default namespace) , including by export from some other namespace. -- John Porter A pessimist says the CPU is 50% utilized. An optimist says the CPU is 50% unutilized. A realist says the network is the bottleneck.Thread Previous | Thread Next