[Melbourne-pm] Fw: Just how much does $& slow things down?

[Matt Koscica]

Not to seem contradictory, but Devel::NYTProf is a much better choice -
DProf should've been deprecated about 10 years ago.

See Tim Bunce's blog or OSCON talk for some more info:

http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/07/12/devel-dprof-broken-by-the-passage-of-time/
http://blip.tv/file/1130150

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:57 PM, <benjamin.j.hayes at exxonmobil.com> wrote:

>
> You could try DProf. It will give you a breakdown of where time is spent in
> your program. It may not give you the level of detail you need in this case
> as it gives you statistics at the subroutine level, but it might be
> enlightening nonetheless, particularly if you use it to compare different
> ways of doing things (ie compare your script using $& with a version using
> ${^MATCH}). There's a useful article here:
> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/06/25/profiling.html
>
> Regards
>
> Ben Hayes
> Onsite Application Support Coordinator
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