Re: [OT] Re: [performance/benchmark] printing techniques

[Mike Lambert]

> Sometimes it's worse than just ugly.  See the entry in the Perl FAQ:
>
http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfaq4.html#What_s_wrong_with_
always_quoting
>
> Not likely that anyone would be using something as a hash key that would
> suffer from being stringified, but possible.  It's definitely a bit slower
> as well, but that's below the noise level.

Actually, when you use a reference as a hash key, it is automatically
stringified anyway.

http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfaq4.html#How_can_I_use_a_re
ference_as_a_h

So that means that: $hash{"$key"} and $hash{$key}differ only in the relative
merits of their beauty. :)

Mike Lambert