in reply to Re^5: Why doesn't perl optimize this?
in thread Why doesn't perl optimize this?

> But what about the case I cited?

It's extremely complicated and risky to cover ALL edge cases. It's not worth it and BrowserUK already told you!

If you think such code analysis is easy, please better try implementing a JIT compiler for Perl...

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)