Nigel Rantor wrote:
The reasoning is not so that the namespace doesn't get polluted. His argument is regarding space efficiency.
That might matter in an Apache::Registry environment.
Each Apache::Registry script is compiled in its own namespace ; importing symbols takes space (not so much, though) in the namespace's smybol table ; mod_perl careful programming guidelines recommend to spare space.
Not an issue in this case. Nothing to do with mod_perl, not even a server-process, it's for an interactive program.
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