Re: copying and s/// (was Re: Overlapping RFCs 135 138 164)

[David L. Nicol]

Uri Guttman wrote:

> but we need a better syntax for s/// that doesn't modify its string but
> returns a copy which has had the substitution applied to it. possibly a
> s/// modifier?
> 
>         $new = $old =~ s/foo/bar/n ;
> 
> n for new?

if our internal string representation could grow from the middle
instead of being a single malloc, there wouldn't be the performance
hit you get from 

        ($new = $old) =~ s/foo/bar/

or maybe it is that you just abhor parentheses?




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