Terry R. Schussler wrote:
> One of the results from the test was that dot notation
> operations *can* be slower.
Part of that is because bracket access (object[#prop]) is slower that dot
access (object.prop)
In your on getFromPropListDotNotationStyle handler you use bracket access
name = proplist[#pName]
address = proplist[#pAddress]
city = proplist[#pCity]
state = proplist[#pState]
zip = proplist[#pZip]
but if you change that to dot access the code speeds up considerably.
name = proplist.pName
address = proplist.pAddress
city = proplist.pCity
state = proplist.pState
zip = proplist.pZip
Using your original code I got times of (unsorted: 386, sorted: 408) and
using dot access I got (unsorted: 115 and sorted: 382)
The unsorted list access was dramatically faster using dot access as opposed
to bracket access.
And, similarly, the times for accessing the script object and script
instance decreased as well
type time
script object bracket 145
script object dot 111
script instance bracket 154
script instance dot 108
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