Check the devel list, you'll see a drupal_get_path being issued. It's done by theme_tablesort_indicator(), which in turn calls theme_image(), which calls url(). Somehow, I'd like to get in and add "'alias' => TRUE" to prevent the path query.
These useless drupal_get_path calls are all over core. They may be quick, but they do take time. Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. ________________________________ From: Earl Miles <mer...@logrus.com> To: development@drupal.org Sent: Tue, December 28, 2010 1:48:57 PM Subject: Re: [development] URL Alias for Tablesort_sql On 12/28/2010 6:53 AM, nan wich wrote: > Before I go and submit a small performance patch to core, I am curious > as to whether anyone, at any time, for any reason, has ever used a URL > alias for the up and down images ('misc/arrow-asc.png', > 'misc/arrow-desc.png')? I'm pretty sure you can't use a URL alias for those, since they're served directly by the webserver and not by Drupal.