Let's not have a contest on bad programming techniques or we'll be here all year. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:45 PM Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Question about EQU
> >See how the EQU would never be "executed"? > >Since it works, I assume the tokenizer reads > >the whole program and picks up the equates, > >but what I want to know is, is there some > >reason for doing it this way, perhaps better > >performance or less memory used? > > I would guess there is neither a performance nor memory reason but > rather just an attempt at cleverness and/or obfuscation. EQUs, being > a compiler directive, simply update the symbol table for compilation > so there is no additional memory being used and as those symbols are > compiled to p-code there would likely be no performance implication. > I would think it would necessitate a two pass compilation or deferred > references to anything equated to avoid unassigned variables, and the > fact that its lack of obviousness has prompted your question, I'm > inclined to nominate such a coding practice as The Bad Idea of The > Week. > > -Kevin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.PrecisOnline.com > > ** Check out scheduled Connect! training courses at > http://www.PrecisOnline.com/train.html. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
