I'm wondering what's wrong with the use of __autoload(), since I see that
projects like the Zend Framework don't use it and prefer to require_once
each required file.
Things that happen without you explicitly causing them (ie require() et al) can lead to confusion.
For example a junior developer who doesn't know of its existence and is new to a job is less likely to admit ignorance and ask how a class is being defined when __autoload() is being used.
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