in reply to Re^9: Producing a list of offsets efficiently
in thread Producing a list of offsets efficiently

Yes, you've indicated why you think that it may for you.

Not "may". It is.

The primary intent is to reduce the space required to manipulate the file in memory. The secondary goal is to limit the effects of trading speed for space by doing it as efficiently as Perl allows. There will always be the overhead of tie involved which forms a watermark below which I cannot dip, but within that there is scope for economies.

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