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Hallo,

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Nilson <nilson.brazil@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I had the same impression, but analyzing the resulted assembly code I
> realized that the performance of switch depends on the compiler that
> you use. Lua's team always defines the values used by the switch
> statements in a minimal range (excellent design). So the compiler can
> create a Table Of Address to jump to the case option.
>

     Ah, very interesting! I didn't know that, thank you.

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-alex
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