Which means that neither approach is perfect. I still prefer the variable over
the constant.
I have never done any benchmark tests to see if there is any significant
performance difference. Have you?
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn H Corey" <shawnhco...@gmail.com>
To: beginners@perl.org
Cc: "Ron Bergin" <r...@i.frys.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 7:41:34 AM
Subject: Re: Debugging and passing constant value at run time
On Tue, 7 Jul 2015 07:27:49 -0700 (PDT)
Ron Bergin <r...@i.frys.com> wrote:
> Using a DEBUG constant and assigning its value via an environment
> variable are both common, but has a drawback and would not be my
> choice of approach. I prefer to use a lexical var (with file scope)
> and assign it via command line option.
Using a variable has the drawback that the debug code is compiled.
Using a constant sub means the debug code is not compiled.
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Shawn
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