sub mrm_6 {
    # from mrn_5, testing bytes::misc explicitly instead of importing
    # also in-place using of $s2
    my ( $s1, $s2 ) = @_;
    use bytes ();
    my $pos = 0;
    while ( -1 < ( $pos = bytes::index( $$s1, '\0', $pos ) ) ) {
        bytes::substr( $$s1, $pos, 1, bytes::substr( $$s2, $pos, 1 ) );
    }
}

##</code><code>##

                    Rate ikegami_s
ikegami_s         37.0/s        --
avar               188/s      409%
avar2              192/s      418%
avar2_pos          282/s      663%
ikegami_tr         342/s      825%
moritz             783/s     2018%
avar2_pos_inplace 1640/s     4338%
mrm_3             2436/s     6491%
mrm_4             2449/s     6524%
mrm_5             2459/s     6553%
mrm_1             2517/s     6709%
mrm_6             3372/s     9023%

##</code><code>##

                    Rate ikegami_s
ikegami_s         37.9/s        --
avar               285/s      650%
avar2              310/s      718%
ikegami_tr         316/s      733%
avar2_pos          709/s     1769%
moritz            1002/s     2543%
mrm_5             3631/s     9474%
mrm_3             3841/s    10027%
mrm_4             3913/s    10219%
mrm_1             4044/s    10562%
avar2_pos_inplace 4393/s    11484%
mrm_6             6237/s    16345%

##</code><code>##

                    Rate ikegami_s  
ikegami_s         17.2/s        --  
avar               168/s      876%
avar2              187/s      983%
ikegami_tr         205/s     1091%
avar2_pos          307/s     1684%
moritz             620/s     3499%
mrm_4             1088/s     6218%
avar2_pos_inplace 1184/s     6775%
mrm_3             1184/s     6775%
mrm_5             1224/s     7006%
mrm_1             1240/s     7101%
mrm_6             1921/s    11052%

##</code><code>##

                    Rate ikegami_s
ikegami_s         13.3/s        --
avar               172/s     1189%
ikegami_tr         176/s     1220%
avar2              182/s     1267%
avar2_pos          258/s     1837%
moritz             412/s     2987%
avar2_pos_inplace  776/s     5722%
mrm_3              780/s     5749%
mrm_1              785/s     5788%
mrm_5              798/s     5882%
mrm_4              806/s     5942%
mrm_6             2683/s    20026%