in reply to Re^4: Subroutine overhead in Perl
in thread Subroutine overhead in Perl

That's true; but if you are beware of such strange user input, it's easier to write tests and make sure that such strange user input is also handled correctly...

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perl -e "s>>*F>e=>y)\*martinF)stronat)=>print,print v8.8.8.32.11.32"

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