Dan Anderson wrote:
> I'm curious how perl "compiles" functions internally. When the actual C
> code (or ASM equivalent or bytecode or whatever Perl uses) for a
> function is run, is there overhead to the function? Are functions
> inlined? Does perl lazy compile functions? (i.e. functions neve
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Subject: How does perl compile functions
I'm curious how perl "compiles" functions internally. When the actual C
code (or ASM equivalent or bytecode or whatever Perl uses) for a
function is run, is there overhead to the function? Are functions
inlined? Do
Dan Anderson wrote:
> I'm curious how perl "compiles" functions internally. When the actual C
> code (or ASM equivalent or bytecode or whatever Perl uses) for a
> function is run, is there overhead to the function? Are functions
what do you mean by "overhead to the function"?
> inlined?
if yo
Dan Anderson wrote:
> I'm curious how perl "compiles" functions internally. When
> the actual C
> code (or ASM equivalent or bytecode or whatever Perl uses) for a
> function is run, is there overhead to the function? Are functions
> inlined?
perldoc perlguts exaplains a lot of that stuff.
> D
I'm curious how perl "compiles" functions internally. When the actual C
code (or ASM equivalent or bytecode or whatever Perl uses) for a
function is run, is there overhead to the function? Are functions
inlined? Does perl lazy compile functions? (i.e. functions never used
are never compiled and
