Re: OO call vs normal call

[Hans Hagen <pragma@...>]

Thomas Lauer wrote:
> What's faster: 's:find(...)' or 'string.find(s,...)'?
>
> I did a few preliminary tests and they seem to indicate that the object
> variant is 5 to 10% faster (it's definitely faster to type...). Has
> anyone done a performance analysis about OO calls vs normal calls?
>   
i did quite some experiments with it and the 'oo' string calls are 
indeed faster

concerning typing, this is true when applied to variables, but on inline 
strings it looks kind of weird, compare:

string.format("abc: %s",123)

with

("abc: %s"):something(123)

Hans


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