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Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net> writes: > Can we even make IO::File > stop loading File::Spec at this point? Someone may be relying on this > autoloading behavior, and their code would break. It is a fundamental principle of modular programming that when using a module, it should not matter what that module does to accomplish its documented behaviour. Note: Documented behaviour. If the next version of IO::File no longer needs to load File::Spec than that is a great optimalisation and any code that breaks because of this deserves to break. Now, where did I put my asbestos suit... -- JohanThread Previous | Thread Next