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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 4083 Volume: 11
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Mon Nov 25 14:09:31 2013
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:09:02 -0800 (PST)
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Perl-Users Digest Mon, 25 Nov 2013 Volume: 11 Number: 4083
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Re: Several Topics - Nov. 19, 2013 <cwilbur@chromatico.net>
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:30:12 -0500
From: Charlton Wilbur <cwilbur@chromatico.net>
Subject: Re: Several Topics - Nov. 19, 2013
Message-Id: <87d2lpw1bf.fsf@new.chromatico.net>
>>>>> "BM" == Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> writes:
BM> I don't think that's the case. All the variables in that sub are
BM> created at compile time; and after the first iteration both
BM> arrays remain allocated to full length.
The time hit I expect isn't in allocation; it's in copying.
If I have @foo with 1000 strings, and I say @bar = reverse @foo, that
requires copying 1000 strings, no?
Charlton
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