> Yes, I think the key is that the expensive calculation is done only once for > each object rather than every time a comparison needs to be made.
Yes, largely. It is possible that the overhead from Objective-C method calls to a comparison selector could then be significant after that optimization is made--but much less likely. -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@killerbytes.com http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com