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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:54 PM, KHMan <keinhong@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wim Couwenberg wrote:
>>>
>>> I just think that chain()()()()()() is not real-world,
>>
>> It is, like it or not, a very common idiom in the boost "assign"
>> library for C++.  Chains of tens of calls are no exception.  It is
>> interesting (and surprising) to see what code it generates...
>
> Thanks for the info, I got boost downloaded somewhere and I'll go study it.
> Guess I haven't seen too many lines of C++.
>
> Anyway, for those who want to look:
>
> http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=%22()()()%22&sbtn=Search
>
> Given the above search string, there were no valid examples for C, a few for
> C++.

I meant chaining function calls with arguments of course. I just
excluded arguments from the benchmark for brevity. I apologize for the
confusion. Next time I'd try to come up with some motivation for the
benchmarks I post.

Alexander.