Anybody know offhand *why* my() lexicals are supposedly faster? If they're stored on a scratchpad for the scope, which is an array, (technically a stack of them to accommodate recursion,) then exactly how does Perl go about finding which data location you mean when you say $x for a lexical? $::x has to go through the package lookup, which (if I recall correctly) is technically a hash element of a hash element at least......but if the scratchpad has a lot of scope-specific lexicals, how does it find which one is x? my $brain = 'tapioca'; #=o) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
