Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Perl: the Markov chain saw
 
PerlMonks  

Re^3: The value of pattern match variable $&

by ikegami (Patriarch)
on May 15, 2006 at 15:07 UTC ( [id://549528]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: The value of pattern match variable $&
in thread The value of pattern match variable $&

Regexps without captures are faster than regexps with captures. Using any of those three variables causes all regexps in that interpreter instance (similiar to "in that process") to behave as if they had captures. That slows down all regexps without captures.

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://549528]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others taking refuge in the Monastery: (5)
As of 2024-03-28 22:10 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found