Re: How does one get all possible matches from regex?

You don't want to be using '$&' in your regex because "..once Perl sees that you need one of $`, $&, or $' anywhere in the program, it provides them for every pattern match. This will slow down your program a bit..." -- Programming Perl
See also:Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
Just my 2 kobo advice.

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Re^2: How does one get all possible matches from regex? by oiskuu (Hermit) on Dec 10, 2013 at 14:19 UTC
Is this still a sound advice to give these days? The doc that you link to says: As of the 5.005 release, the $& variable is no longer "expensive" the way the other two are. Why Is $& Bad? gives a better technical explanation why one might want to avoid `$&`. Even so, the issue with `$&` is perhaps more of a concern for core module writers. Can you point to some recent benchmarks? On a related note, does `study()` actually do anything in more recent perls?	[reply]

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Re^2: How does one get all possible matches from regex?
by oiskuu (Hermit) on Dec 10, 2013 at 14:19 UTC

As of the 5.005 release, the $& variable is no longer "expensive" the way the other two are.

Why Is $& Bad?

$&

On a related note, does study() actually do anything in more recent perls?

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