How fast is an EVAL String

[leif.eriksen at hpa.com.au]

Just for completeness, I sent Scott a reference to the different ways
Perl processes

eval "string";

And

eval { block }
(from perldoc -f eval)
eval EXPR
eval BLOCK
               In the first form, the return value of EXPR is parsed and
exe-
               cuted as if it were a little Perl program.  The value of
the
               expression (which is itself determined within scalar
context)
               is first parsed, and if there werenât any errors,
executed in
               the lexical context of the current Perl program, so that
any
               variable settings or subroutine and format definitions
remain
               afterwards.  Note that the value is parsed every time the
eval
               executes.  If EXPR is omitted, evaluates $_.  This form
is typ-
               ically used to delay parsing and subsequent execution of
the
               text of EXPR until run time.

               In the second form, the code within the BLOCK is parsed
only
               once--at the same time the code surrounding the eval
itself was
               parsed--and executed within the context of the current
Perl
               program.  This form is typically used to trap exceptions
more
               efficiently than the first (see below), while also
providing
               the benefit of checking the code within BLOCK at compile
time.

Which one you actually need depends on your requirements, but if eval
BLOCK works for you, use that.


Leif Eriksen
Snr Developer
ph +61 3 9217 5545
leif.eriksen at hpa.com.au
http://www.hpa.com.au <http://www.hpa.com.au> 






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