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Re: Optimizing ‘string=’
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Andy Wingo |
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Re: Optimizing ‘string=’ |
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Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:54:38 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Greets,
On Tue 22 Jun 2010 23:32, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Nasty, but OK I guess if you need it. Why not also add a fast path for
>> scm_is_eq (s1, s2), or for comparing stringbufs, or something ?
>
> Hmm yes. Though if there are too many fast paths the whole thing ends
> up being slow. ;-)
> I don’t expect (eq? s1 s2) and (eq? (string-buf s1) (string-buf s2)) to
> be common enough to warrant a more specific special case, though.
Does it affect your original case at all?. In any event, it doesn't
involve a memory dereference, only a branch. It's a cheap check.
> Because it’s a top-level program, “string=” is looked up at each
> iteration.
Ah, right. Thanks for the explanation :)
Andy
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