I couldn't resist ;-) 

use Data::Dumper;
use Benchmark qw(:all);

%ERRORS=('OK'=>0,'WARNING'=>1,'CRITICAL'=>2,'UNKNOWN'=>3,'DEPENDENT'=>
+4);

cmpthese(1000000, {
        'map' => sub {
            %ERRORS_TEXT = map { $ERRORS{$_} => $_ } keys %ERRORS;
        },
        'reverse' => sub {
            %ERRORS_TEXT = reverse %ERRORS;
        },
        'values' => sub {
            @ERRORS_TEXT{ values %ERRORS } = keys %ERRORS; 
        },
    }
);
__END__
First run:

Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of map, reverse, values...
       map: 27 wallclock secs (24.66 usr +  0.03 sys = 24.69 CPU) @ 40
+502.23/s (n=1000000)
   reverse: 10 wallclock secs ( 9.03 usr +  0.00 sys =  9.03 CPU) @ 11
+0741.97/s (n=1000000)
    values:  8 wallclock secs ( 7.70 usr +  0.04 sys =  7.74 CPU) @ 12
+9198.97/s (n=1000000)
            Rate     map reverse  values
map      40502/s      --    -63%    -69%
reverse 110742/s    173%      --    -14%
values  129199/s    219%     17%      --

Second run:
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of map, reverse, values...
       map: 27 wallclock secs (24.49 usr +  0.03 sys = 24.52 CPU) @ 40
+783.03/s (n=1000000)
   reverse:  8 wallclock secs ( 8.54 usr +  0.02 sys =  8.56 CPU) @ 11
+6822.43/s (n=1000000)
    values:  7 wallclock secs ( 7.55 usr +  0.01 sys =  7.56 CPU) @ 13
+2275.13/s (n=1000000)
            Rate     map reverse  values
map      40783/s      --    -65%    -69%
reverse 116822/s    186%      --    -12%
values  132275/s    224%     13%      --

Third run:
Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of map, reverse, values...
       map: 26 wallclock secs (24.37 usr +  0.06 sys = 24.43 CPU) @ 40
+933.28/s (n=1000000)
   reverse: 11 wallclock secs ( 8.63 usr +  0.03 sys =  8.66 CPU) @ 11
+5473.44/s (n=1000000)
    values:  9 wallclock secs ( 7.57 usr +  0.01 sys =  7.58 CPU) @ 13
+1926.12/s (n=1000000)
            Rate     map reverse  values
map      40933/s      --    -65%    -69%
reverse 115473/s    182%      --    -12%
values  131926/s    222%     14%      --

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Looks like I could gain a wee bit of speedup using your code, if it would matter, which it doesn't in my particular case; for the loss of readability, though IMHO :)

regards,
tomte

Hlade's Law:

If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person --
they will find an easier way to do it.

In reply to Re: Re: 'reversing' a hash by Tomte
in thread 'reversing' a hash by Tomte

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