June 2002
Beginner
759 pages
80h 42m
English
Used when you want to include functions in your program but want to load them only if necessary. Functions that will be self-loaded are placed after the line:
_ _DATA_ _
in your program. When the code is compiled, compilation stops at
the _ _DATA_ _ token. The
SelfLoader exports the AUTOLOAD
subroutine to the package; this subroutine loads the subroutines after
_ _DATA_ _ when they are required.