I don't think <cfscript> has been faster than tags since early MX (6.0? 6.1?), and even then, I'm not sure it was significantly faster in an average page.
what *is* faster, when setting large blocks of variables, is the time it takes to type. <cfset myfirstvariable = "a" /> <cfset mysecondvariable = "b" /> <cfset mythirdvariable = "c" /> <cfset myfourthvariable = "d" /> <cfset myfifthvariable = "e" /> myfirstvariable = "a"; mysecondvariable = "b"; mythirdvariable="c"; myfourthvariable="d"; myfifthvariable="e"; just less verbose by virtue of the fact that you don't need to type out the "cfset" or the brackets. maybe that's what they meant by "faster when setting large blocks of variables"? On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK I got into a discussion at my new job about setting variables by the cfset > tag or via a variable assignment using cfscript. The consensus has been that > when setting large blocks of variables using cfscript is faster than cfset. > The reason that tags are slower is that when the template JITs, it adds extra > libraries into the class. So when you use cfscript, your code needs fewer > cftag libraries mentioned as Java import namespaces because your code is > closer to the native Java and requires less overhead. Also, the tag named > import also contains functionality you may not be using. Therefore, you have > thinner JITs and faster code.Or so I thought. Here's some code I wrote to > test this: -- A byte walks into a bar and orders a pint. Bartender asks him "What's wrong?" Byte says "Parity error." Bartender nods and says "Yeah, I thought you looked a bit off." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263220 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
