> I guess I'm hoping that future versions of CF will require *less* locking. > The whole locking thing is silliness that should be handled automatically > within CF. > > But the important point is that the "Single Threaded Sessions" > option makes session variable locking unnecessary. And I'll bet a > dollar that it doesn't have a discernable affect on real-world performance. > Plus you get cleaner code.
OK, here's why I prefer to lock by hand Say you're setting 30 variables into the Application scope, you want to do a couple of non-lockable things in the middle I set one CFLock around the whole thing, then the server only has to do one lock Now, take the example of the server having to do the locking You set your first variable (lock/unlock), then you set another (lock/unlock), keep on going for 30 variables - how much slower would that be on the server? "Ah, how about if the server checks to see if several lines have code to lock" I hear you say... so, what if you want to do something in-between that doesn't really need locking, then it'd still have to lock/unlock around the blocks and this is still slower than you doing the hand coding Simplest method? Make a Snippet which has most of the command information in there, and then you can just hot-key it... how difficult is that? Philip Arnold Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 "Websites for the real world" ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
