diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlfunc.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index e1453e946b..936d1c0b93 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -6756,9 +6756,8 @@ patterns you are searching and the distribution of character frequencies in the string to be searched; you probably want to compare run times with and without it to see which is faster. Those loops that scan for many short constant strings (including the constant -parts of more complex patterns) will benefit most. You may have only -one C<study> active at a time: if you study a different scalar the first -is "unstudied". (The way C<study> works is this: a linked list of every +parts of more complex patterns) will benefit most. +(The way C<study> works is this: a linked list of every character in the string to be searched is made, so we know, for example, where all the C<'k'> characters are. From each search string, the rarest character is selected, based on some static frequency tables |