Re^6: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return

in reply to Re^5: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return
in thread More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return

It seems you and I read the representation of the problem differently. Your reply presumes that every return from sub is always a return of an array reference. (If that promise is made to the user of the sub, then I have no disagreement with direct dereferencing of the return value.) I think of the value returned being an array reference where possible; else, nothing or undef is returned.

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Re^7: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2013 at 01:03 UTC
Look, no temporaries, no fatal :) my @stuff = eval { @{ func() } };	[reply]
Re^8: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return by tmharish (Friar) on Feb 18, 2013 at 06:45 UTC
Can you please stop being Anon and create an account? It helps those of us ( read - me ) who want to follow your, often informative, responses.	[reply]
Re^9: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return by Arunbear (Prior) on Feb 18, 2013 at 10:53 UTC
You can't add features and then tell people not to use them :)	[reply]
Re^10: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return by tmharish (Friar) on Feb 18, 2013 at 15:44 UTC
Re^8: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return by parv (Parson) on Feb 18, 2013 at 01:05 UTC
You have my vote.-)	[reply]
Re^8: More efficient dereferencing of a subroutine return by parv (Parson) on Feb 18, 2013 at 01:05 UTC
You have my vote.-)	[reply]

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