I'm not sure this is true with CFMX any more, because of precompilation, although I could be wrong. It might change with RedSky as well, because I think MM did some stuff with the compilation cycle, but again, I'm not sure.
The reason I say this is because the evaluation of what has to be parsed for variable, and what is static text happens at compile time, not runtime. At runtime everything is either a static string, or a variable. With CF5 and less, compile time happed at every runtime, so there was a real cost, but with CFMX it'll only affect the first request (no compile cycle after that). Regardless of all that mumbo-jumbo, I'd say wrap your block in a single CFOUTPUT, because it makes the code easier to read. The performance hit is going to be minimal compared to a DB access or something, so unless you're to the knife's edge on optimization, the readability and maintainability is way more valuable. barneyb --- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Z [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT > > > I am a big fan and advocate of CFML, but I have to confess, I've grown > so tired of wrapping cfoutput tags around values like > <CFOUTPUT>#this#</CFOUTPUT>. Now I know I could put Cfoutputs at the top > and bottom of my page (or block) and save myself some hassle, but I've > read in numerous places that this is bad practice and resutls in a > performance hit. > > So, at the risk of sounding like a brat (heh), is there a way to > shortcut this kind of output? I know asp has <%= . %> etc. and JSP has > something similar. I think my pages would look a lot cleaner if I could. > > Thanks, > Rich > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
