in reply to Re^4: &1 is no faster than %2 when checking for oddness. (Careful what you benchmark)
in thread &1 is no faster than %2 when checking for oddness. Oh well.

FYI: From the Deparse POD:

Expand conventional syntax constructions into equivalent ones that expose their internal operation. LEVEL should be a digit, with higher values meaning more expansion. As with -q, this actually involves turning off special cases in B::Deparse's normal operations.
c:\test>perl -MO=Deparse,-x9 -e"++$counter &1 and 1"
++$counter & 1 and '???';
-e syntax OK

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And to convince you that actually does what is required: 

c:\test>perl -e"++$counter &1 and 1; print $counter"
1

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