Re^3: Differences between " " and ' '?

D:\perl> perl -MBenchmark -e "timethese( 1000000, { doubles => sub { my $interpolated = \"pomperipossa\" }, singles => sub {my $uninterpolated = 'pomperipossa' } } )"

Gives these results:

Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of doubles, singles...

doubles: 0 wallclock secs ( 0.46 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.46 CPU) @ 2169197.40/s (n=1000000)

singles: 0 wallclock secs ( 0.45 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.45 CPU) @ 2217294.90/s (n=1000000)

So in this (highly unrealistic) case, singles seem infinitesimally faster. I use singles for things I think will be constant, and doubles only when I actually want interpolation. But this is nothing to do with alleged speed benefits, and everything to do with making my intentions clear.

Comment on Re^3: Differences between " " and ' '? Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^4: Differences between " " and ' '? by diotalevi (Canon) on Jul 31, 2005 at 23:10 UTC
They are both 100% identical, internally. Any speed difference is the result of system noise and not because anything was measured. If you wished to measure the difference in compilation speed, use string-eval. That's the only time anything different will happen. I'm not going to run this code because any actual difference is going to be so infinitessimal that it will be undectable above system noise. `use Benchmark; $bar = ''; timethese( 0, { doubles => sub { eval "$bar" }, singles => sub { eval '$bar' } } );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

Replies are listed 'Best First'.

Re^4: Differences between " " and ' '?
by diotalevi (Canon) on Jul 31, 2005 at 23:10 UTC

use Benchmark;

$bar = '';
timethese( 0, {
   doubles => sub { eval "$bar" },
   singles => sub { eval '$bar' } } );
[download]

[reply]
[d/l]