Neatly done Ernest!
Also in showing how these questions are best answered with five minutes on
the PC, than a msg to the list...
> At 12:58 24.11.2002, DL Neil said:
> --------------------[snip]--------------------
> >Why don't you run a microtime testbench to time a commented and an
> >uncommented loop, settle your mind, and report back with REAL
information!?
> --------------------[snip]--------------------
>
> Some time ago I've made myself a framework for such tests and have run it
> against a commented loop. This test was run on a dual PIII/1000 Dell
server.
>
> $hpr = _fwx_profile_start('Loop with end-of-line comment', true);
> for ($i = 0; $i < 1000000; ++$i) {
> $a += 1; // this is an end-of-line comment
> }
> _fwx_profile_end($hpr, $i);
> Average time per loop: 0.059 msec
>
> $hpr = _fwx_profile_start('Loop with inline comment', true);
> for ($i = 0; $i < 1000000; ++$i) {
> /* this is an inline comment */ $a += 1;
> }
> _fwx_profile_end($hpr, $i);
> Average time per loop: 0.059 msec
>
> $hpr = _fwx_profile_start('Loop without comment', true);
> for ($i = 0; $i < 1000000; ++$i) {
> $a += 1;
> }
> _fwx_profile_end($hpr, $i);
> Average time per loop: 0.059 msec
>
> Conclusio: I didn't find any measurable difference in these loops, be it
an
> end-of-line comment, an inline comment, or no comment.
>
>
> --
> >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger
> (\) ICQ #13394035
> ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/
>
>
>
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