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List::Util::first (Score:1)

by srezic (8057) on 2009.02.14 15:18 (#67351) Journal

Can you test how good would perform List::Util::first()?

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- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by bart (450)
  
  Well, you won't like it... Using the code:
  first => sub { my $x = defined first { $_ eq $search } @letters },
  first is always close to 20% slower than any...
  Search for Z Rate Time first any first 38653/s 25.87us -- -21% any 48955/s 20.43us 27% -- Search for M Rate Time first any first 49484/s 20.21us -- -22% any 636
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by srezic (8057)
    
    Your observation seems to be only true for small arrays. In this plot [radzeit.de] you can see how first() gets better with larger arrays.
    In this benchmark [sourceforge.net] grep and first were searching for the middle element in the array.

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