And a new speed comparison table. 0.23 .. 0.32 are Text::CSV_XS, and 1.00 .. 1.06 are Text::CSV_PP. I have no idea why 1.06 is not yet on CPAN.

            0.23 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.32 1.00 1.02 1.0
+5 1.06
            ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===
+= ====
combine   1   60   60   60   59   56  100   98   93   96   14   14   1
+4   14
combine  10   40   40   41   41   40  100   96   92   95    6    6    
+6    6
combine 100   34   33   34   33   34  100   92   89   90    5    5    
+5    5
parse     1  100   86   92   89   86   96   98   93   98   20   19   1
+7    8
parse    10   94   85   98   98  100   96   92   87   94   16   16   1
+4    5
parse   100   88   81   93   90   97  100   97   93   99   16   16   1
+4    5
print    io   92   90   91   91   92  100   95   94   94   68   66    
+6    6
getline  io   88   80   90   88   90  100   98   93   98    -    -   1
+3    5
            ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---
+- ----
average       74   69   74   73   74   99   95   91   95   18   17   1
+1    6
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