Re: cvs: php-src /ext/session session.c /ext/spl spl_array.c /ext/standard array.c basic_functions.c ZendEngine2 Zend.m4 zend_API.h zend_compile.c
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Nuno Lopes wrote: > > Yes, I agree with Derickk that it's too soon to document. > > In general the explanation is: > > CALL - Uses function handlers for opcodes. > > SWITCH - Uses switch() statement for opcode dispatchment > > GOTO - Uses goto for opcode dispatchment (threaded opcodes architecture). > > > > GOTO is usually (depends on CPU and compiler) faster than SWITCH which > > tends to be slightly faster than CALL. > > CALL is default because it doesn't take very long to compile as opposed to > > the other two and in general the speed is quite close to the others. > > > Thanks for the explanation, Andi! > > For a regular user, with a standard gcc compiler, should he choose the GOTO > method or CALL? I would say to just stick to the default until this is benchmarked "for real" with real applications. It's hard to say which one is better at this time. Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org