[FWP] Re: Whether to laugh or cry

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@plover.com> writes:

> Something I suggest in one of my tutorials is
> 
>         sub carp {
>           require Carp;
>           *carp = \&Carp::carp;
>           goto &carp;
>         }
> 
> And that way you don't have to load the carp module unless (and until)
> you actually need it.  

Hmmm.  "goto &{*carp = \&Carp::carp}" would appear to be More Fun.

Trampoline golf, anyone?  One possibility would be to have Carp return 
\&carp; then "goto &{*carp = require Carp}" would (appear to) work.

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