Re^4: map {} list or do {} for list?

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Re^5: map {} list or do {} for list? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 11, 2014 at 16:44 UTC
It's a FAQ of its own. Per perl581delta: "map in void context is no longer expensive. map is now context aware, and will not construct a list if called in void context".	[reply]
Re^5: map {} list or do {} for list? by SuicideJunkie (Vicar) on Apr 14, 2014 at 14:30 UTC
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't optimized away. I meant that when reading the code, map says "Hey! Pay attention to the return values of this code block, we're making a list of them."	[reply]
Re^6: map {} list or do {} for list? by jethro (Monsignor) on Apr 15, 2014 at 09:30 UTC
Well, the same could be said of "$i++;'. In other words, if god had not meant us to throw away results, he wouldn't have given us void context ;-)	[reply]
Re^5: map {} list or do {} for list? by Random_Walk (Prior) on Apr 12, 2014 at 12:33 UTC
It looks like it is well optimised. See my benchmarks, currently at the end of the thread. Cheers, R. Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt!	[reply]