Re: OO call vs normal call

[David Given <dg@...>]

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Olivier Delannoy wrote:
> Can anyone give some explanation on why the OO syntax is quicker for
> string ?
> Whether it is the case for any objects/classes (user data or lua based
> object)  ?

At a rough guess, I'd say it's because object:find() does a single table
lookup (to find the method), but string.find() does two (one to find 'string',
one to find 'find').

If you're really concerned about speed, I'd recommend this:

  local string_find = string.find
  ...
  a = string_find("...")

That way, the string.find function is only looked up once and the result is
cached in a local variable (which is fast).

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