ipfw table features

Hi, Finally got some time to read the new implementation of table feature. Compare to the previous code, it is much more clear now, Well done! Regards, Bycn82 ___ freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list

performance of the swtich/case statements

Hi All, It is using the switch/case statement to make the code clear in the implementation, so it reminded me the question which I want to ask when I read the source of ipfw for the first time. It is about the performance of the switch/case statement. Sure the code of this table feature are

Re: performance of the swtich/case statements

Hi, On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:39:34 +0800 bycn82 byc...@gmail.com wrote: It is using the switch/case statement to make the code clear in the I am not a C programmer, so I am not clear how the switch/case will be optimized by the compiler in FreeBSD. But I used to write a compiler by myself

Re: performance of the swtich/case statements

Hi, According to my understanding in Java programming, the compiler will automatically store the values into a table and jump to the correct one according to the value only when the condition values are in running number, for example. swtich(a){ case 1: code block 1 case 2: code block 2 case