From: thomass@... (Thomas) Date: 2002-01-20T22:14:02+09:00 Subject: Re: $_ as default parameter for a function Mathieu Bouchard wrote in message > set_trace_func(proc{|*a| > w.puts(eval("$_", a[4]).inspect) I'd expect a significant performance penalty for the code above. Any ideas about how expensive the code above is? Thomas