Re: 1 until defined(getvalue()); return $^d;

[Simon Cozens]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:20:25PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote:
> this is a confusing hack that might not save any cycles.

Please don't try defending "it" or "$^d" in terms of efficiency;
any variable that Perl has to keep track of magically takes a
performance hit. Remember $`, $', and $&?

-- 
You advocate a lot of egg sucking but you're not very forthcoming with the 
eggs. - Phil Winterbottom (to ken)