On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Adam Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ah, ok, thanks for spelling that out! > In my code I used a scalar reference so I seem to have stumbled onto that > without really appreciating it. > In strongly typed OO, particularly where the only automatic GC is stack-based, embedded has-a is essential for any semblance of sanity. It's pretty rare that we need embedded has-a in Perl; for instance, large complex data-structures with memory efficiency issues under standard GC. (Those are cases where you may want to manage a private homogenous heap to avoid fragmentation.) This falls under the second rule of optimization: Rules of Optimization 1. Don't. 2. For experts only, don't optimize YET. (meaning, try it straightforwardly first, then MEASURE . Fix the ACTUAL bottlenecks not where you expect. then Document it.) -- Bill Ricker [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
