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Tels skribis 2007-03-31 0:03 (+0000): > > Indeed, but this is an optimization. Optimization isn't part of teaching > > how things work, it always comes after. > I almost agree. :) > Some decisions really need to be done early on, in the design phase. You > cannot optimize when the design is broken. E.g. if your data needs to > be copied around *per design*, the best you can achive is O(N). When > you do not have to copy the data, you suddenly can achive O(1). This > distinctions is quite important, and not something you can fix > aftwards apart from redesigning (aka let's break and re-assemble it :) With Data::Alias you have a fair chance. utf8::decode and utf8::encode provide similar opportunities to optimize after the fact. I don't see how decoding and encoding in-place or copying would be part of your design, or greatly influence it. -- korajn salutojn, juerd waalboer: perl hacker <juerd@juerd.nl> <http://juerd.nl/sig> convolution: ict solutions and consultancy <sales@convolution.nl> Ik vertrouw stemcomputers niet. Zie <http://www.wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl/>.Thread Previous | Thread Next