So in the case of 40 or so variables.whatever being set, you like the idea of setting them as request.whatever and thus the custom tags can use these settings without having to dupe up on them either as attributes or calling the preference file within the custom tag.
I just want it to make sense to those who are looking at the code. (comment away!) Thanks Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:57 PM Subject: RE: local vs. request > Just to note, there is a performance difference between your two > methods. Specifically, passing data through the attributes scope of a > custom tag causes a copy of the variable to happen. As you can imagine > copy variables can have a performance impact if there is a significant > number of variables to copy and/or variables with a large amount of > data. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > V: 415-577-8070 > F: 415-341-8906 > P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:52 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: local vs. request > > > > > I have an application that sets many different local > > > variables (about 40 or so) on each page load ... We are using > > > a few custom tags here and there and it would be great to use > > > the request scope instead of local just for ease of use. > > > > > > Does anyone have any comments on performance of setting local > > > vs. request scope variables? What if any are some of the > > > drawbacks of going this way? Resources, speed ect.. > > > > It will make absolutely no noticeable difference as far as > performance. It > > will only make a difference in a conceptual sense. By that, I mean > that if > > you write CFML custom tags with clearly defined inputs and outputs (to > the > > degree that you can clearly define outputs in custom tags), the > Request > > scope won't be especially useful; on the other hand, you can write > your > > custom tags a little more loosely so that they take advantage of the > > Request > > scope. Personally, I generally prefer the first approach. > > > > But again, it won't affect performance one way or the other. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > voice: (202) 797-5496 > > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
