On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > So how many stores do we expect for > > ($a = "xxx") =~ s/a/b/g > > and which of the possible answers would be more useful? > > I think it depends on C<($a = "aaa") =~ s/a/b/g>.
I would agree with you in general, but since we're generally after speed, surely we want to allow for optimisations such as "don't store unless something's changed"; this would also be compatible with the boolean context value of s///. -Martin -- CAUTION: The information contained in this message is consequential and subject to legacy provenance. If you are the intended recipient you are hereby notified that reading this message is permitted. If you have not received this message please notarise the sender and destroy the originator.
