On Sep 9, 2006, at 3:12 AM, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
* Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-09 03:55]:
Works the same. I often use `local $_` in tiny functions that
mangle just a single value. Matter of taste/style.
Ahh, I see -- cargo cult. ;-)
Err, what? I chose that style for myself. I didn’t pick it up
from anyone else and certainly not unthinkingly.
I didn't mean that to be insulting -- I was just teasing. In fact I
usually respect your contributions a lot, so I was curious why your
style was different from mine and if there was a reason why yours
might be better.
I just benchmarked the two versions, and "my" wins by a wide
margin:
% perl test.pl
Rate local my
local 467290/s -- -33%
my 699301/s 50% --
I dunno if that was supposed to be an argument, but I couldn’t
care less. I hope I don’t have to explain why as well.
That was for my curiosity and to convince me, not to convince you.
That's why I changed the subject line in the message. I apologize
for my less-than-clear motives.
Chris
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