Re^3: new keyword "size" to avoid scalar trap ? ( scalar @array != scalar(LIST) )

It is most probably the copying of the argument list (the full array) in the function call that takes this time difference.

Passing a reference to the array would probably solve the issue, but the syntax would become less obvious to use.

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Re^4: new keyword "size" to avoid scalar trap ? ( scalar @array != scalar(LIST) ) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 08, 2012 at 16:02 UTC
No copying takes place :) however the same amount of scalars is aliased ;)	[reply]
Re^4: new keyword "size" to avoid scalar trap ? ( scalar @array != scalar(LIST) ) by LanX (Saint) on Dec 08, 2012 at 17:34 UTC
Thats why we need prototypes or a special C-implementaton. according to the perlsub `sub size (+;@) { }` could be used, to call `size @array` or `size 1,2,3` but since I'm using 5.10, I can't test it... Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l] [select]