Re: single quotes vs. double quotes

[Ico <lua@...>]

> In most languages (not only scripting) the use of single quotes is faster
> than double quotes, does it is applicable in Lua? perhaps for the other ways
> define strings?

When in doubt, just test.

code = {
 double = [[ a = "test 1234\n" ]],
 single = [[ a = 'test 1234\n' ]],
 long   = [=[ a = [[test 1234\n]] ]=]
}

for type, line in pairs(code) do
        t1 = os.time()
        while t1 == os.time() do end
        t1 = t1 + 1
        count = 0
        while t1 == os.time() do
                chunk = loadstring(line)
                chunk()
                count = count + 1
        end
        print(type, count)
end

(bad example because of the os.time() overhead in each loop, but sure to
complete in a few seconds)

Result on my intel 2.2Ghz show no sigificant difference:

double	257167
long	251103
single	254788


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