I do the same thing especially with large numbers of variables, If nothing else it keeps the code more organized for me.
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: [STS] Ravi Gehlot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Using tags with CFSCRIPT Hey Scott, I spoke to a couple of my senior developer friends and they told me that back in the days of CF5 cfscript was faster than tags but that doesn't hold true with CF7 and 8 so it doesn't really matter. I prefer to code in <cfscript></cfscript> blocks when I do imports...just my way of doing things. Ravi. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Use <cfscript> Instead of Three or More <cfset>s > The reason is this: When you use cfscript, the entire block gets sent to > the > engine at once. So, ColdFusion has to make only one read. When you send > three or more <cfset> statements, ColdFusion gets to interpret them once > each, or three times. Therefore, it's faster and cleaner." > > From: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=24131&seqNum=3 > > " Always use cfscript for blocks of variable assignments for values > greater > than one. It is significantly faster than cfset. > > Example: <cfscript> a=1; b=2; c=3; </cfscript> > Not: <cfset a=1> <cfset b=2> <cfset c=3>" > > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/server_archive/articles/coding_for_performance.h > tml<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/server_archive/articles/coding_for_performan ce.html> > > " pre-MX6.1 there was a performance gain. Now, if I understand > correctly, it all compiles down to the same java bytecode, so there's > no performance gain to speak of." > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:43908 > > > While it may not be true for CFMX 7 & 8 it was a documented best practice > for CF 5 and back. I've continued to use this method, especially when > declaring multiple variables. > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > SSTWebworks > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC. 27616 > (919) 874-6229 (home) > (703) 220-2835 (cell) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:11 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Using tags with CFSCRIPT > > > Using CFScript should be a bit faster as CF processes the > > CFScript block all at once as opposed to processing each > > tag individually. > > I strongly doubt this, and have seen no evidence (load tests) that it's > true > now, even if it may have been true in the past (which I also doubt). > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! > http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
