Re^3: elsif chain vs. dispatch

[almut]

I had tried that.  And had first made the same mistake (and thus got a speed boost of around 800% :) —> the $$_[0] would need to be ${$_[0]}. With that fixed, there's virtually no difference...   In other words, the string isn't copied, even without using references ($_[0] is an alias).

[ruzam]

Interesting. Now I've got some code to review that may stand for another tweak or two :)