Re^9: Passing argument by reference (for a scalar)(Unary Plus)

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The "usual notation" you cite has the disadvantage that it has to create, then destroy, a scope for each element of @list, which is an unnecessary performance hit.

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Re^10: Passing argument by reference (for a scalar)(Unary Plus) by LanX (Saint) on Sep 11, 2024 at 15:00 UTC
Well those performance hits are often marginal. I'd be interested to see a benchmark justifying the disadvantages of higher reading entropy and confused co-maintainers. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]

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