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in your example is no difference, the big difference is if you pass the hashes around ie: 
my_sub(%hash); # slow for big hashes
my_other_sub($hashref); # fast

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Boris

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Re: Anonymous or normal hashes?
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jan 09, 2004 at 14:43 UTC
    But that has nothing to do with anonymous vs. non-anonymous hashes. 
        my_sub (%{ ... })     # Slow for big anonymous hashes.
    my_other_sub (\%hash) # Fast for non-anonymous hashes.

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      I'm curious. How about situation where you have prototyped a subroutine eq. sub my_add (\%@) {} what then requires a % in call instead or \% of $hash_ref? Does that change the speed of the call?
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        If it requires a %, then neither \% nor $ref are even options. So, what do you want to compare in that case?

        Abigail

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      But that has nothing to do with anonymous vs. non-anonymous hashes.
      Yes, as I wrote. There is no difference in your example.
      Boris
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