> Does anyone want to comment on this (the full threads on PEAR-DEV), > about the results (2) and (3), - 2 is a wrapper call to another > function 3 is directly calling a function/method - I think it was 20,000 > times.... (1) is the original PEARdb call - with some extra ifs...etc. > > anyway - the overhead for wrapping the call was quite high.. > > I had a look at the code in zend_execute.c (in ZE2 & ZE1) - the question > goes something like this - I'm guessing that it's the hash table lookups > being repeatedly called causing this slowdown. (couldnt see anything > else...) > > Would it not be an idea to cache in the opcode for the function call the > result of the last hashtable lookup, then check if that lookup was valid > first rather than doing a hashtable lookup on each call? > > (or am I talking out my ass :) >
you're talking out your ass :) -Sterling * The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it's the opposition. * -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
