True, but I was under the impression that a virtual method lookup was cheaper than a whole new method call. Not to mention the bytes and bytes of overhead from having to keep another object (the nested EventDispatcher) on the heap ;).
I think Michael A. Jackson said it best: "The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet." -- Maciek Sakrejda Truviso, Inc. http://www.truviso.com On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 12:07 -0400, Michael Schmalle wrote: > > In theory, you've got an additional function call, but in practice, > that will not make a difference. > > Do you? I mean he does not have to over head (what little it may be) > of the super classes methods and calls. > > I'm sure this is a trivial answer of it doesn't matter. :) > > Mike > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Maciek Sakrejda > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless Flex is doing something really crazy, that should be > fine. The > only caveat is that, of course, you'll have to implement all > the > IEventDispatcher methods yourself, but you can just pass these > off to a > nested EventDispatcher object. In theory, you've got an > additional > function call, but in practice, that will not make a > difference. > -- > Maciek Sakrejda > Truviso, Inc. > http://www.truviso.com > > > > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 12:17 +0000, reflexactions wrote: > > Is there a performance difference between having a class > extend > > EventDispatcher vs implementing IEventDispatcher. > > > > Reason for the question is I have a class which currently > extends > > EventDispatcher and now it needs to extend another class > that is not > > an > > EventDispatcher. This will get properly fixed up in a few > days but > > temporarily the answer is to have it implement > IEventDispatcher but I > > was wondering if it is going to effect performance in any > way ... > > > > tks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Teoti Graphix, LLC > http://www.teotigraphix.com > > Teoti Graphix Blog > http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com > > You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the > question'. > >
