# Import class. more overhead?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-class-more-overhead/318602>\
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**Created:** [January 25, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-class-more-overhead/318602 "2011-01-25T05:01:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/import-class-more-overhead/318602/1 "2011-01-25T05:01:08Z")

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Say you have a document class, and a customMenu class.  
If they import some of the same classes, would it be less overhead if everything was in the document class? Thus imports only happen one time?  
If so, is it an amount which is barely noticeable?