Dan Anderson wrote: > I'm curious how perl "compiles" functions internally. When > the actual C > code (or ASM equivalent or bytecode or whatever Perl uses) for a > function is run, is there overhead to the function? Are functions > inlined?
perldoc perlguts exaplains a lot of that stuff. > Does perl lazy compile functions? (i.e. functions > never used > are never compiled and that is why errors suddenly pop up when using > a function for the same time). Perl has an "Autoloading" feature explained in perldoc perlsub that can be used to defer compiling routines until they are called. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
