Re: [PHP4BETA] RFC: Request startup optimization

On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 04:50:26PM +0100, Sascha Schumann wrote: > What? > > Defer the request startup until one of the module specific > functions is used. Request shutdowns are avoided completely, > if a module has a startup handler, but was not started up. > > Why? > > Module request startups (and respective shutdowns) can add > (noticeable?) overhead to requests. > > How is it implemented? > > We use a stub function in the function_table which > > (a) calls the request_startup_func of the module > (b) adds the module to the list of lazy_started_modules > (c) sets all per-module function_table entries to their real > handler > > Step (c) is reversed during module_registry_cleanup(), if the > specific module was found in lazy_started_modules. > > Your comments and benchmark results are welcome. > > -- > > Regards, > > Sascha Schumann > Consultant my initial "hello world" benchmark showed no measurable jump at all (could be me beeing stupid - will do some quantifying early next week). im +1 for the change - what's your milage sascha?