At 05:11 PM 5/11/00 -0400, Charles Lane wrote:
>Dan Sugalski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> > At 12:27 PM 5/11/00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >Looks like a good overall effort. However, isn't mentioning of either
> > >$` or $' supposed to be an "evil slowdown to be avoided at all
> > >cost" (tm) sort of thing? Might it be rejected?
>
> > It's probably doomed because of that. Likely better to extend the regex out
> > to expicitly capture the rest of the scalar through the end of the string.
>
>Hmmm, somehow that 'evil slowdown' has previously escaped my notice.
It hits some systems, apparently. Dunno how big the slowdown really is, but
I can see it adding up. (Heck, I've chewed through enough data in one go
with perl that I'd probably feel it sometimes)
Dan
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