2013/1/26 Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com>: > On 26.01.2013 12:52, Alexander Klenin wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Sven Barth >> <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Generics was implemented without my knowledge. I only found out when >>>> suddenly >>>> the classes unit had been changed to use them. After a horrible >>>> discussion, this was reversed, because of the drop in speed you got when >>>> using generics. >>> >>> >>> Ah! So that is where those ifdefs in classes come from :) I always >>> wondered... >>> >> Is the drop still present/essential? Perhaps optimizer is now good >> enough to drop those ifdefs? > > > Someone would need to test this. It could be that the generic variant is > less optimal, because the generic list is built upon a list that handles > pointers... >
I did some test with generics last year: http://lazarusroad.blogspot.com.br/2012/06/cost-of-using-generics.html I would not use in classes unit Luiz _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
