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Re: Performance penalty of using qr//by BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Dec 21, 2017 at 08:59 UTC ( [id://1205966]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
FTR: I encountered (and probably described/reported it here, but I don't remember for sure), a similar disappointment many years ago. My recollection of it is that a variable built using qr// was always reinterpreted at the point of interpolation into another qr// or a larger regex. My conclusion was that like the /o modifier on regex, it was either never implemented, or was removed by an early bug fix. See also 971076, but I'm almost sure there should be an earlier thread. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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