int(rand() + 1), int(rand()) +1, and hashes

[Russ Schnapp]

~sdpm~
> A floating number 1.005 is converted into a string and is used as 
a hash key.
> Converting a floating number to a string is obviously much slower 
than
> converting an int
> 
> what's so surprising?

Okay, I'll bite.  Here are the code samples again:

> sub randint1 {
>         $r1 = int( rand(4) + 1 );
>         $h1{$r1}++;
> }
> 
> sub randint2 {
>         $r2 = int( rand(4) ) + 1;
>         $h2{$r2}++;
> }

randint2() ran slower than randing1(), and you're saying that's 
because $r2 was a float while $r1 was an int?  I need to understand 
this.  How did adding an integer (1) to the result of an int() generate 
a floating result?

...Russ
~sdpm~

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