Re^3: transliteration d flag not working as expected

Not sure if it's slower, 'tr///' doesn't allow variable interpolation.

Using it twice in a DRY way means putting the pattern into a variable which leads to eval :(

        Because the transliteration table is built at compile time, ne
+ither
           the SEARCHLIST nor the REPLACEMENTLIST are subjected to dou
+ble
           quote interpolation.  That means that if you want to use va
+riables,
           you must use an eval():
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Re^4: transliteration d flag not working as expected by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 09, 2013 at 13:14 UTC
What I had in mind was that `s///` would be messier/slower if interpolation was unnecessary, as the OPed problem statement seemed to indicate. I agree that if interpolation becomes necessary, `s///` is almost certainly preferable to an eval approach.	[reply] [d/l] [select]