If you know $x and $y are both objects, then I much prefer $x == $y over $x eq $y, your FUD not withstanding.

Sorry for giving the impression of spreading FUD, which has a definitely bad acceptation. Actually it was a fear, an uncertainty and a doubt of mine, as I hope it was clear enough. Now, AIUI from your explanation, both == and eq are equally fine from the technical POV, aren't they?

I must admit I had never thought what the numification of a (blessed) reference could be:

cognac:~ [19:21:09]$ perl -le 'print for map {$_, 0+$_} bless \(my $x)
+,"A"'
A=SCALAR(0x814fe28)
135593512
cognac:~ [19:21:15]$ perl -le 'print 0x814fe28'
135593512

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Thank you for stimulating me to meditate and "experiment" about this!

In reply to Re^3: I know two prints are slower than one, but 200x slower?!?!? (==) by blazar
in thread I know two prints are slower than one, but 200x slower?!?!? by rsmah

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