Re^3: Build your array with push

[demerphq]

Neither work. Second one has the dreaded can't modify read only string error. Which is a good example of the issues the OP was making I guess. Sigh, i should know better for both of these too. :-(

I will quibble with the "grasping at straws" comment tho. I think this approach often is just fine for dealing with spaces in a qw() string.

[japhy]

My problem with the second approach (apart from the "read only" snag) is that it turns constant data into something that requires computation. Certainly, there are times when computation is necessary with constant data, such as when you are constructing a data structure like an array of arrays: you take tab-separated data, split on the tabs, and produce array references. That's certainly easier and faster to write than producing the data structure in the code itself. But in this case, I think it was overkill.

[demerphq]

Right, I can see your point. I think for me it would come down to a matter of whether run time issues are more important than development time issues. Generally I'd say that development time is more important so I'd probably go with whatever saved me the most work.