> It probably is marginally faster. I doubt, for this situation, whether > it will make a noticeable difference (especially if you change the = > to := as I suggested... that will make MUCH more difference to > performance). Of course there's only one way to know: measure it. In > general it's quite useless to try to solve performance problems before > you know what's causing them. Premature optimization is a sure way to > waste a lot of development time and effort.
BTW, what is the general rule of thumb to use := rather =? When I should use = rather :=? Thanks, Peng _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
