Nope Joshua you're right, I missed that. defined() is faster than the logical check because the logical check checks defined, then checks if empty string, then checks if numerically 0, except if it is 0E0 (zero but true). One operation versus the same operation plus three more; the one by itself is certainly less computation.
However I'm not sure about the last one. That is a cool idea. We'd have to benchmark it. :-) Also is '&&' faster than 'and'? Mark From: sergiy.borod...@gmail.com [mailto:sergiy.borod...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Sergiy Borodych Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:14 AM To: Joshua Narins Cc: Mark Hedges; modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: Re: bug in trunk in Apache::Reload test Hello, another question: why not just my $args = $r->args; if ( $args and $args eq 'last' ) { (without defined) or even if ( my $args = $r->args and $args eq 'last' ) { :) 2014-06-26 10:52 GMT+03:00 Joshua Narins <j...@mobehr.net>: On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 06:21:37PM +0000, Mark Hedges wrote: > Perl 5.20.0, Apache 2.2.27, APR 1.5.1, APR-util 1.5.3, mod_perl trunk. > > 2014-06-23 11:16:32 Mon $ svn diff t/lib/Apache2/TestReload.pm > Index: t/lib/Apache2/TestReload.pm > =================================================================== > --- t/lib/Apache2/TestReload.pm (revision 1604706) > +++ t/lib/Apache2/TestReload.pm (working copy) > @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ > sub handler { > my $r = shift; > $pass++; > - if ($r->args eq 'last') { > + my $args = $r->args; > + if (defined $args && $r->args eq 'last') { > Apache2::Reload->unregister_module($package); > ModPerl::Util::unload_package($package); > $pass = 0; Why not just my $args = $r->args; if (defined $args and $args eq 'last') { I guess repeat calls to $r->args have virtually no cost? -- Sergiy Borodych http://bor.org.ua