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Re^5: Ampersands and sub speed

by tinita (Parson)
on Oct 16, 2005 at 08:51 UTC ( [id://500553]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Re^4: Ampersands and sub speed
in thread Ampersands and sub speed

It's a subtle effect that isn't obvious.
well, it's documented in the beginning of perlsub.pod. i want to program assuming my co-workers/successors have at least read the common perldoc-pages. i don't want to comment things that are already documented in the documentation for perl itself.
what i *would* docunment in a case like this is *why* i do this. so instead of saying
    &foo; # give current @_ to foo.
i'd say
    &foo; # foo needs @_ because ...
then any programmer stumbling over this code would know why or have to read perlsub.

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Re^6: Ampersands and sub speed
by spiritway (Vicar) on Oct 16, 2005 at 17:34 UTC

    The effect I was referring to was the increase in speed, and not the visibility of @_. This effect is not documented in perlsub, as far as I have been able to determine.

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