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Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files?

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On 15 Sep 2012 23:41:18 +0200, Anders Wegge Keller wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> writes:
>
>> On 9/15/2012 2:08 AM, Anders Wegge Keller wrote:
>> > "J. Frank Parnell" <juglesh@gmail.com> writes:
>> >
>> >> So, my question is, am I saving a significant amount of ram/cpu/time
>> >> by keeping this cache of filenames or should I just glob the dir and
>> >> include what's in there everytime?
>> >
>> >   You may want to consider autoloading classes as needed. See
>> > http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php
>> >
>> >   This approach is of course dependent on using PHP5 *and* having an
>> > OO design.
>> >
>> 
>> Additionally, you're never sure which module you got. 
>
>  Speaking from experience?
>
>> All kinds of hard-to-diagnose things can happen when someone uploads
>> a module of the same name but earlier in the search path.
>
>  You let "someone" muck around with your code? Are you hosting at
> GoDaddy or something like that?

"Someone" could be another developer working on the same project of even
yourself comeing back to the code after ignoring it for a few years. An
awful lot of code looks completely foreign with three years on it, even
if one was completely familier with it back then.

-- 
31. All naive, busty tavern wenches in my realm will be replaced with 
   surly, world-weary waitresses who will provide no unexpected 
   reinforcement and/or romantic subplot for the hero or his sidekick.
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How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? "J. Frank Parnell" <juglesh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 12:35 -0700
  Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2012-09-14 19:41 +0000
    Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? "J. Frank Parnell" <juglesh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 15:24 -0700
      Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-14 19:24 -0400
        Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-09-15 01:43 +0200
          Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-14 21:45 -0400
            Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? "J. Frank Parnell" <juglesh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 10:50 -0700
              Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-16 17:45 -0400
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? "J. Frank Parnell" <juglesh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 16:00 -0700
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-16 20:17 -0400
  Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2012-09-14 19:44 +0000
  Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-09-15 08:08 +0200
    Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-15 09:14 -0400
      Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-09-15 23:41 +0200
        Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-15 18:06 -0400
          Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-09-16 00:10 +0200
            Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-15 18:21 -0400
              Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-09-16 00:39 +0200
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-15 18:45 -0400
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-09-16 00:59 +0200
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-16 00:09 +0100
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-15 19:19 -0400
                Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-15 19:27 -0400
            Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-15 23:38 +0100
        Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-09-16 09:37 -0500
          Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-09-16 17:32 +0200
            Re: How expensive is glob'ing a dir and including all the files? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-09-16 17:46 -0400

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