Re: zsh poor performances while reading and testing ?

[Marc Chantreux <eiro@xxxxxxxxx>]

hello,

> You'll probably find that they are all as inefficient for
> non-seekable non-peekable input like pipes.

actually my point making this bench was: don't use shell to write
serious filters. however i really appreciate knowing why this difference
exists. thanks a lot.

> IFS= read -r line

ok for -r but as long as i use only one variable, why is it important to
use IFS= ?

regards
marc