use List::MoreUtils qw( any );

   my $test_any = q{
      my $rv = any { $var eq $_ } qw/ A B C /;
   };

   my $test_grep = q{
      my $rv = grep { $var eq $_ } qw/ A B C /;
   };
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Compilation tests

any:   Compiles ok
grep:  Compiles ok
if:    Compiles ok
ihash: Compiles ok
re:    Compiles ok
shash: Compiles ok


Benchmarking no matches

any:   Runs ok
grep:  Runs ok
if:    Runs ok
ihash: Runs ok
re:    Runs ok
shash: Runs ok

           Rate   any ihash  grep    re    if shash
any    150377/s    --  -77%  -87%  -91%  -93%  -96%
ihash  649176/s  332%    --  -44%  -63%  -69%  -84%
grep  1161774/s  673%   79%    --  -33%  -44%  -71%
re    1731140/s 1051%  167%   49%    --  -17%  -57%
if    2085235/s 1287%  221%   79%   20%    --  -49%
shash 4071762/s 2608%  527%  250%  135%   95%    --


Benchmarking match A

any:   Runs ok
grep:  Runs ok
if:    Runs ok
ihash: Runs ok
re:    Runs ok
shash: Runs ok

           Rate   any ihash  grep    re shash    if
any    148303/s    --  -75%  -86%  -94%  -96%  -96%
ihash  595781/s  302%    --  -45%  -76%  -85%  -85%
grep  1087949/s  634%   83%    --  -55%  -72%  -73%
re    2440645/s 1546%  310%  124%    --  -37%  -39%
shash 3872575/s 2511%  550%  256%   59%    --   -3%
if    3994937/s 2594%  571%  267%   64%    3%    --


Benchmarking match B

any:   Runs ok
grep:  Runs ok
if:    Runs ok
ihash: Runs ok
re:    Runs ok
shash: Runs ok

           Rate   any ihash  grep    re    if shash
any    150377/s    --  -75%  -87%  -92%  -94%  -96%
ihash  603620/s  301%    --  -47%  -69%  -78%  -85%
grep  1147836/s  663%   90%    --  -40%  -58%  -71%
re    1924833/s 1180%  219%   68%    --  -29%  -52%
if    2725258/s 1712%  351%  137%   42%    --  -32%
shash 4014817/s 2570%  565%  250%  109%   47%    --


Benchmarking match C

any:   Runs ok
grep:  Runs ok
if:    Runs ok
ihash: Runs ok
re:    Runs ok
shash: Runs ok

           Rate   any ihash  grep    re    if shash
any    138400/s    --  -78%  -88%  -93%  -94%  -96%
ihash  634042/s  358%    --  -47%  -68%  -71%  -83%
grep  1193008/s  762%   88%    --  -40%  -45%  -68%
re    1994574/s 1341%  215%   67%    --   -8%  -46%
if    2157141/s 1459%  240%   81%    8%    --  -42%
shash 3709584/s 2580%  485%  211%   86%   72%    --
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