Re^2: Replacing single quotes to two single quotes inside map

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Could you explain the pros and cons about changing $data->{$_} rather than making a copy of it?

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Re^3: Replacing single quotes to two single quotes inside map by duff (Parson) on Nov 10, 2017 at 22:26 UTC
The pros/cons are mostly about whether or not you need the original values of `$data->{$_}` elsewhere since the substitution operation will change the value in-place. If you require the original value prior to the change elsewhere in your code, then clearly you don't want to change them. tybalt89 gave a similar version where the value is returned and not changed, but it requires a relatively recent perl (>= 5.14). I didn't notice if you mentioned a perl version, but some unfortunate people are still on 5.10.1 and such. duff	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Replacing single quotes to two single quotes inside map
by duff (Parson) on Nov 10, 2017 at 22:26 UTC

The pros/cons are mostly about whether or not you need the original values of $data->{$_} elsewhere since the substitution operation will change the value in-place. If you require the original value prior to the change elsewhere in your code, then clearly you don't want to change them. tybalt89 gave a similar version where the value is returned and not changed, but it requires a relatively recent perl (>= 5.14). I didn't notice if you mentioned a perl version, but some unfortunate people are still on 5.10.1 and such.

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