On Jun 2, 2011 5:35 PM, "Uri Guttman" <u...@stemsystems.com> wrote: > > >>>>> "sw" == shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> writes: > > sw> Nice addition to the module BTW. Haven't had the need for > sw> File::Slurp (used more specialized modules such as Text::CSV_XS or > sw> Web::Scraper) but this feature is definitely good. If not just > sw> because it makes how to do in place edits a no brainer. > > file::slurp can make those modules faster as most typical modules use > either slow slurping or line by line reading when they don't need to. as > i have said, decades ago line by line was required but with today's ram > size it isn't and for most files slurping wins big. you can either pass > a list of lines directly to modules that you already slurped or do a > foreach loop over those slurped lines and you could gain a nice amount > of speed. >
Never considered that. Thanks, good call.
