in reply to Re: length() and the Schwartzian transform
in thread length() and the Schwartzian transform

The following one-liner neatly illustrates why length is faster on strings than numbers...

perl -MDevel::Peek -e'Dump($_) for "42", 42'

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use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name

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