Re^2: looking for a good idiom: return this if this is true

the overhead of eval

Huh? Are you confusing eval $string (which fires up a compiler) with eval {block} (which merely pushes a marker onto the return stack)?

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Re^3: looking for a good idiom: return this if this is true by dws (Chancellor) on Mar 06, 2005 at 00:47 UTC
Huh? Are you confusing ... No confusion here. The bookkeeping overhead (pushing a marker onto the return stack, though I recall `eval` doing a bit more than that) is on par with creating a temporary variable. In my mind, at least, that cancels any performance objections about using a temporary variable. `eval`'ing a string would be nuts, and I give you credit for not being that nuts.	[reply]