Hi Ran and all!
On Thursday 16 August 2007, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> On Thursday 16 August 2007, Ran Eilam wrote:
> > On 8/15/07, Ran Eilam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 8/15/07, Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > use List::MoreUtils qw(any);
> > > > my @set = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
> > > > if (any { $_ == 3 } @set) { print "found\n" }
> > >
> > > Is best, and it's core.
> >
> > Correction: not best, and not core. Review your posts!
> >
> > List::Util::first is both.
>
> Well, you're right that List::MoreUtils is not core and List::Util is.
> However, why is "first" preferable over "any"? I think "any" would be
> preferable here, because we're not interested in the first item that
> matches, just if it exists. And "any" probably short-circuits.
>
I'm still waiting for your response for why this is the case.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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