Re: Empty functions

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Tom Spilman wrote:
>     Quick optimization question:  Does Lua skip calling empty functions?

No, I don't believe so -- since 'everything' is dynamic, it
can't know that a function is empty until the moment it's
called.  (It'd probably be feasible for Lua to inline functions
and turn your empty function calls into no-ops ahead of time if
your functions were 'local' and Lua had the notion of constant
objects, but it doesn't.)

--Adam
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