cleaning up the autoloader and core bootstrapping.

laravel/autoloader.php

@@ -86,20 +86,6 @@ class Autoloader {
 
 			return $path;
 		}
-
-		// Since not all controllers will be resolved by the controller resolver,
-		// we will do a quick check in the controller directory for the class.
-		// For instance, since base controllers would not be resolved by the
-		// controller class, we will need to resolve them here.
-		if (strpos($class, '_Controller') !== false)
-		{
-			$controller = str_replace(array('_Controller', '_'), array('', '/'), $class);
-
-			if (file_exists($path = strtolower(CONTROLLER_PATH.$controller.EXT)))
-			{
-				return $path;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 }

laravel/bootstrap/core.php

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel;
 
-/**
- * Define all of the constants used by the framework. All of the core
- * paths will be defined, as well as all of the paths which derive
- * from these core paths.
- */
 define('EXT', '.php');
 define('CRLF', chr(13).chr(10));
 define('BLADE_EXT', '.blade.php');
@@ -30,8 +25,10 @@ define('VIEW_PATH', APP_PATH.'views/');
 
 /**
  * Define the Laravel environment configuration path. This path is used
- * by the configuration class to load configuration options specific
- * for the server environment.
+ * by the configuration class to load configuration options specific for
+ * the server environment, allowing the developer to conveniently change
+ * configuration options based on the application environment.
+ * 
  */
 $environment = '';
 

laravel/laravel.php

@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@
 require 'bootstrap/core.php';
 
 /**
- * Register the framework error handling methods and set the
- * error_reporting levels. This file will register handlers
- * for exceptions, errors, and shutdown.
+ * Register the framework error handling methods and set the error
+ * reporting levels. This file will register handlers for exceptions,
+ * errors, and the shutdown event.
  */
 require SYS_PATH.'bootstrap/errors'.EXT;
 
-/**
- * Set the application's default timezone.
- */
 date_default_timezone_set(Config::$items['application']['timezone']);
 
 /**
@@ -34,8 +31,9 @@ if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
 }
 
 /**
- * Manually load some core classes that are used on every request
- * This allows to avoid using the loader for these classes.
+ * Manually load some core classes that are used on every request so
+ * we can avoid using the loader for these classes. This saves us
+ * some overhead on each request.
  */
 require SYS_PATH.'input'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'request'.EXT;
@@ -46,9 +44,9 @@ require SYS_PATH.'routing/loader'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/filter'.EXT;
 
 /**
- * Gather the input to the application for the current request.
- * The input will be gathered based on the current request method
- * and will be set on the Input manager.
+ * Gather the input to the application based on the current request.
+ * The input will be gathered based on the current request method and
+ * will be set on the Input manager.
  */
 $input = array();
 
@@ -75,8 +73,10 @@ switch (Request::method())
 }
 
 /**
- * The spoofed request method is removed from the input so it is
- * not unexpectedly included in Input::all() or Input::get().
+ * The spoofed request method is removed from the input so it is not
+ * unexpectedly included in Input::all() or Input::get(). Leaving it
+ * in the input array could cause unexpected results if the developer
+ * fills an Eloquent model with the input.
  */
 unset($input[Request::spoofer]);
 
@@ -122,7 +122,4 @@ if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
 	IoC::container()->core('session')->save($driver);
 }
 
-/**
- * Finally, we can send the response to the browser.
- */
 $response->send();

laravel/routing/controller.php

@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ use Laravel\Request;
 use Laravel\Redirect;
 use Laravel\Response;
 
+/**
+ * Register a function on the autoload stack to lazy-load controller files.
+ * We register this function here to keep the primary autoloader smaller
+ * since this logic is not needed for every Laravel application.
+ */
+spl_autoload_register(function($controller)
+{
+	if (strpos($controller, '_Controller') !== false)
+	{
+		$controller = str_replace(array('_Controller', '_'), array('', '/'), $controller);
+
+		if (file_exists($path = strtolower(CONTROLLER_PATH.$controller.EXT)))
+		{
+			return $path;
+		}
+	}
+});
+
 abstract class Controller {
 
 	/**