I would much prefer to put the 15 tests in a hash, iterate over the keys and do that instead of writing 45 lines of .... plain easier to add new tests if need be.

It appears your reasons are aesthetic, can you elaborate on your reasons?

Should I really be concerned about performance hits?

Maybe. The rule of thumb is if it seems slow, or you need to run it often, try to make it faster.

Does eval REALLY cause that much of a performance issue?

:) Can you quantify REALLY and that much ? eval EXPR is parsed and executed as if it were a little Perl program. So instead of parsing/executing one Perl program, you have one plus X many little ones. 1+X is slower than 1 :)

In reply to Re: Does eval cause that much of a performance hit? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Does eval cause that much of a performance hit? by sherab

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