Then please, implement a benchmark that exhibits the savings you are concerned about. My benchmark was simply to show that it was not a given that 'each' is faster (or better). The reason they are building arrays is to validate each function does the same thing; given they are both doing the same thing in that regard, the only difference is in the raw speed of an 'each' (and push) loop vs. getting a list of values from keys and values.

Indeed, the semantics of 'each' are clearly defined and obvious. The results of those semantics in a large body of code is not. It's essentially an action-at-a-distance effect. Understanding how that became a problem (in the event it does), and how to find what did it, can make for a very difficult bug to track down.

This is essentially the same reason global variables are generally avoided. If you can always avoid the problems with 'each', and do so when others are looking at and maintaining your code, please, let us all know how you accomplish it; it would go a long way to redeeming 'each' in my opinion, at least.

In reply to Re^6: keys and values order on a hash by Somni
in thread keys and values order on a hash by citromatik

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