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#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use lib './lib';
use lib '../lib';

BEGIN {

use Benchmark::Forking qw( :all );

cmpthese
   50_000_000,
   {
      'File::Util'       => sub { eval {require File::Util} },
      'File::Spec'       => sub { eval {require File::Spec} },
      'Path::Tiny'       => sub { eval {require Path::Tiny} },
      'Path::Class'      => sub { eval {require Path::Class} },
      'File::Slurp'      => sub { eval {require File::Slurp} },
      'File::Find'       => sub { eval {require File::Find} },
      'File::Find::Rule' => sub { eval {require File::Find::Rule} },
      'Moose'            => sub { eval {require Moose} },
   };
}

__END__

BARE EVAL IN RUNTIME

                      Rate Moose File::Find::Rule Path::Tiny Path::Class File::Slurp File::Spec File::Find File::Util
Moose            5102041/s    --              -2%        -3%         -7%        -10%       -11%       -11%       -13%
File::Find::Rule 5208333/s    2%               --        -1%         -5%         -8%        -9%        -9%       -11%
Path::Tiny       5263158/s    3%               1%         --         -4%         -7%        -8%        -8%       -11%
Path::Class      5494505/s    8%               5%         4%          --         -3%        -4%        -4%        -7%
File::Slurp      5681818/s   11%               9%         8%          3%          --        -1%        -1%        -3%
File::Spec       5747126/s   13%              10%         9%          5%          1%         --         0%        -2%
File::Find       5747126/s   13%              10%         9%          5%          1%         0%         --        -2%
File::Util       5882353/s   15%              13%        12%          7%          4%         2%         2%         --


BARE EVAL IN COMPILE STAGE

                      Rate File::Find::Rule File::Slurp File::Find Path::Class File::Spec File::Util Path::Tiny Moose
File::Find::Rule 5138746/s               --         -8%        -9%         -9%        -9%       -11%       -12%  -16%
File::Slurp      5561735/s               8%          --        -1%         -1%        -2%        -4%        -5%   -9%
File::Find       5624297/s               9%          1%         --         -0%        -0%        -2%        -4%   -8%
Path::Class      5643341/s              10%          1%         0%          --        -0%        -2%        -3%   -7%
File::Spec       5649718/s              10%          2%         0%          0%         --        -2%        -3%   -7%
File::Util       5767013/s              12%          4%         3%          2%         2%         --        -1%   -5%
Path::Tiny       5841121/s              14%          5%         4%          4%         3%         1%         --   -4%
Moose            6097561/s              19%         10%         8%          8%         8%         6%         4%    --