On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 03:52:34PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> At 08:36 PM 7/2/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 03:00:54PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > > >what about starting offset? that is used now to shorten a string from
> > > >the left side.
> > >
> > > D'oh! In. Out goes the unused.
> >
> >Whoa there. Do we still actually want to do this? It's unclear whether
> >or not it's actually a net win.
>
> A valid point. It doesn't seem to be used at all often, but it's always
> tough to equate frequency of appearance to frequency of usage.
I for one use s/^...// quite often in the knowledge that it is optimized to
just move a pointer and not cause a copy of the string.
Graham.
