Re^2: *IN* Operator for the Perl wish list

Rather than "grep", I would use List::Util's "first" function, because that short-circuits on the first match, rather than always trying all of the elements.

Liz

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Re^3: IN Operator for the Perl wish list by ysth (Canon) on Mar 30, 2007 at 17:33 UTC
I haven't benchmarked it, but I suspect first has significantly more overhead, so might only be of benefit for long lists. I'd be interested in seeing a benchmark. Update: yes, I mean even the XS version	[reply]
Re^4: IN Operator for the Perl wish list by educated_foo (Vicar) on Mar 30, 2007 at 17:40 UTC
Not necessarily -- List::Util has XS versions of all its functions.	[reply]