On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Daniel Wasilewski <devudes...@gmail.com>wrote:
> http://jsperf.com/global-**namespace-chain-vs-string-** > based-local-modules/12<http://jsperf.com/global-namespace-chain-vs-string-based-local-modules/12> > > This is what worries me the most. If I understand this test correctly, it measures the overhead of using require() to hand over references and comes to the conclusion that there is a considerable overhead. Note that my prototype uses require() / define() only to set up static inter-class-dependencies. Once a require() call returns, the result is a local variable (the parameter) and is accessed directly in the outer lexical scope of the defined functions -- there can't be any real overhead. So I understand the performance impact can only negatively influence application startup or dynamically loading application modules. This is a point, but what I am more interested in is performance once the application has started. We use ActionScript to build single-page RIAs, so start-up time is not so much a concern. -Frank-
