>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Farrar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Replace
>>
>> EVIL: map { some;block;of;code;that;changes;$_ } @some_array;
>>
>> with
>>
>> GOOD: for (@some_array) { some;block;of;code;that;changes;$_ }
Peter> I guess I don't get it. Map returns a value and I ignore it; so what?
Peter> What side effects does this have? Which one's faster? I like to avoid
Peter> obvious loops when possible because I perceive them as slow, so I often use
Peter> map, and rarely (actually, to date, never) care about the return value. If
Peter> there's no savings then I guess it doesn't matter. But what makes it bad?
The foreach loop *will* be faster.
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