Suppose I have a sub called C<handle> that runs different code depending
on the content of an argument.
There are two styles in Perl 6 to code this and my question is whether
one is more efficient (speed/memory) than the other.
In this example, one relies on multiple dispatch, while the other an
explicit control statement.
Putting aside clarity considerations, is there any performance reason to
prefer one style over another?
Style 1
multi sub handle( $node WHERE *.name ~~ 'one' ) {
'this is a wonderful sub'
}
multi sub handle( $node WHERE *.name ~~ 'two' ) {
'twas brillig and the slivy toves did gyre'
}
Style 2
sub handle ( $node ) {
given $node.name {
when 'one' { 'this is a wonderful sub' }
when 'two' { 'twas brillig and the slivy toves did gyre' }
}
}
