On 11/15/05, Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This question came out of a joking comment on IRC, but it's a serious > concern. Can chained buts be optimized, or must the compiler strictly > create intermediate metaclasses, classes and objects in the following: > > my $a = $b but C but D but E but F;
Certainly. The semantics should precisely equivalent either way (constructors don't get called during a rebless, I think). Luke