I am a developer on a CMS also which uses the auto-include functionality to include many classes over many files. Each request can include up to 30 different files. The speed increase is around the 15% mark when combining the files. This is with APC installed too.
I heard rumours however that php6 is not going to have such an issue with inclusion performance (something about caching of the inheritance tree in APC?). I would just like to say that if there is still a performance issue in php6, I would like to see the multiple namespaces per file functionality added. But this is the only reason. SCOTT MCNAUGHT Software Developer Synergy 8 / +617 3397 5212 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Beaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 3 December 2007 5:30 PM To: Stanislav Malyshev Cc: internals Mailing List Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] ignored patches Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > As for multiple namespaces per file, it adds certain complications, both > syntax-wise and engine-wise, so I'm still not 100% convinced it is worth > it. Which are? Remember, we both found, independently, that combining separate files yields from a 10-30% performance increase. I have only talked to 2 developers who would be using namespaces that don't want this feature. Of course, these two developers are the only people who would be using namespaces with commit access to the Zend/ tree, but that doesn't make the feature unnecessary. If you'd like, I could put you in contact with developers who have been struggling with combining files for several years now. Anecdotally, I heard of a recent file-combining optimization to a very popular CMS that resulted in a 45% performance improvement. Improving the SQL queries led to only 9% improvement, so really the only reason not to implement the multiple namespaces per-file patch is if you actually *want* a large number of php devs to be annoyed at you :) Thanks, Greg -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
