Re: [Chicken-users] read-byte, etc.

[Benedikt Rosenau]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 08:41:55AM -0500, Alex Shinn wrote:

> It looks like what the compiled C code ends up doing is just the
> opposite of what you expected.  Binding read-char in a LET creates a
> closure, and the code for accessing a closure reference seems to take
> one extra level of indirection compared to a global reference.  Or
> something :) But the difference is so small I wouldn't worry about it.

The compiler assumes usual-integrations by default. So, it can resolve
procedure calls at compile time. The level of indirection introduced by
a LET harms the performance.

My two bits,
   Benedikt