On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 07:08:09PM -0500, Marcus wrote: > On Saturday 16 October 2004 3:53 am, Michal Moskal wrote: > > No, I don't think that it's a completely a runtime issue. There are at least > three fundamentally-different mechanisms for handling a switch statement, > including hashing, binary search, and a linear if/else. With CIL, there is > the further complication of using the switch instruction versus the compare > and branch sequences.
However, when you have switch in the CIL, it's up to the JIT how to handle it. And choosing between the if-else and the jump-table implementation can be machine dependent, performance wise. -- : Michal Moskal :: http://www.kernel.pl/~malekith :: GCS !tv h e>+++ b++ : ::: Logic is a nice contrast to the Real World. :: UL++++$ C++ E--- a? _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
