Bill wrote:
> These do the same thing:
> let @/ = @/ . pad[c]
> let @/ .= pad[c]
>
> Is there an advantage (speed? resources?) to use one rather the other?
> That is, other than less typing.
>
> :set allows a pre-pend as ^= as well as ap-pend with .=
>
> :let has only ap-pend with .=
The tiny advantage is that the target only needs to be parsed once
instead of twice.
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