#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Test::More tests => 5; use Benchmark qw(cmpthese); my $bits = join q(), map chr rand 256, 1 .. 1e7; sub single { $_[0] =~ s/(.)/~$1/ges; } sub long { $_[0] =~ s/(.{1,10000})/~$1/ges; } sub classic { $_[0] = ~$_[0]; } sub str { my $blocksize = 10000; my $lb = length $_[0]; my $offset = 0; while( $offset < $lb ) { substr $_[0], $offset, $blocksize, ~substr( $_[0], $offset, $blocksize ); $offset += $blocksize; } } BEGIN { my $chars = join q(), map sprintf('\x%02x', $_), 0 .. 255; my $rev = join q(), map sprintf('\x%02x', $_), reverse 0 .. 255; eval "sub translate { \$_[0] =~ tr/$chars/$rev/ } ; 1 " or die $@; } my $copy = $bits; classic($copy) for 1 .. 2; is($bits, $copy, 'double negation'); single($copy); classic($bits); is($bits, $copy, 'single - classic'); classic($bits); long($copy); is($bits, $copy, 'classic - long'); classic($bits); translate($copy); is($bits, $copy, 'classic - translate'); classic($bits); str($copy); is($bits, $copy, 'classic - str'); cmpthese(-10, { classic => sub { classic($bits) }, single => sub { single($bits) }, long => sub { long($bits) }, translate => sub { translate($bits) }, str => sub { str($bits) }, } ); #### 1..5 ok 1 - double negation ok 2 - single - classic ok 3 - classic - long ok 4 - classic - translate ok 5 - classic - str Rate single translate long classic str single 0.328/s -- -100% -100% -100% -100% translate 161/s 48834% -- -26% -39% -59% long 217/s 66040% 35% -- -18% -45% classic 263/s 80093% 64% 21% -- -33% str 394/s 119839% 145% 81% 50% --