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in reply to Re^3: Why doesn't Perl provide %_ as the hash equivalent of @_ in subs? (ugly++)
in thread Why doesn't Perl provide %_ as the hash equivalent of @_ in subs?

If it would make all function calls slower, then I agree with you that it wouldn't be worth it.

But does that really have to be the case?
choroba suggested above that the hash could be built when first used... Would that not be technically feasible?