Re^2: simple letter substitution according to hash

What do you mean, avoid capturing? Using $& causes all regexps to become capturing regexps. You're not saving anything by using $&, and you end up slowing all non-capturing regexps in that interpreter instance.

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Re^3: simple letter substitution according to hash by blazar (Canon) on May 16, 2006 at 15:19 UTC
I meant "capturing parentheses". Or "explicit capturing". Sorry for the imprecision. You're not saving anything by using `$&`, and you end up slowing all non-capturing regexps in that interpreter instance. `<rant with="perl" not="you">` You're right, of course. It's just so annoying to have this technical inconvenience. If I match something it is quite probable that I may want to do something with it. Hence the need for a pronoun without the need to say "hey, capture it all for me". Different story for $` and `$'`, obviously. `</rant>`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: simple letter substitution according to hash
by blazar (Canon) on May 16, 2006 at 15:19 UTC

I meant "capturing parentheses". Or "explicit capturing". Sorry for the imprecision.

You're not saving anything by using $&, and you end up slowing all non-capturing regexps in that interpreter instance.

<rant with="perl" not="you">
You're right, of course. It's just so annoying to have this technical inconvenience. If I match something it is quite probable that I may want to do something with it. Hence the need for a pronoun without the need to say "hey, capture it all for me". Different story for $` and $', obviously.
</rant>

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