--- Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > BTW, this is another use of the same sort of trick as
> >
> > { local $/ = undef;
> > $file = <FH>; # slurp the whole file into $file
> > }
> >
> > which is more efficient than
> >
> > while(<FH>) { $file .= $_ }
> >
> > or
> >
> > $file = join '', <FH>;
> >
> > Still, I have a coworker who swears by the latter as more work,
> yes,
> > but MUCH more readable in his opinion.....
>
> You know, I think I agree with your cow orker. The intent of the last
> version is obvious. It'd be interesting to see profiling data from a
> typical app that slurped in a whole file to see if the method of
> slurping made a significant difference in the running time.
Technically, I do, too.
IMHO, the program would *really* need to scream before the difference
in work would make enough difference to matter.
Unfortunately, I'm too much a gearhead not to use the neat toys, lol....
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