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constant::defer creates a subroutine which on the first call runs given code to
calculate its value, and on any subsequent calls just returns that value, like a
constant. The value code is discarded once run, allowing it to be garbage
collected.
Deferring a calculation is good if it might take a lot of work or produce a big
result but is only needed sometimes or only well into a program run. If it's
never needed then the value code never runs.
A deferred constant is generally not inlined or folded (see "Constant Folding"
in perlop) since it's not a single scalar value. In the current implementation a
deferred constant becomes a plain constant after the first use, so may inline
etc in code compiled after that (see "IMPLEMENTATION" below).
WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/constant-defer
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