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in thread Size of inside out object

For your given example, both will require two hashes, each with 2 of the 8 slots used. As near as make no difference, the memory usage will de identical for both.

However, lets say you have 10 instances of a class that has 2 attributes:

  1. Classical: 10 hashes with 2 of 8 slots used ~ 80 hash slots + 20 scalars + 10 hash headers.
  2. Inside out: 2 hashes each with 10 of 16 slots used ~ 32 hash slots + 20 scalars + 2 hash headers.
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Re^4: Size of inside out object
by cheekuperl (Monk) on Jun 06, 2012 at 03:08 UTC
    Thanks! I'll have to research more, but I got what I needed to know!!
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