Re: [v8-users] Very basic globals and const question

2014-10-10 Thread Colin Jenkins
> > . Thanks Andreas. I did try const again at global scope with the latest dev chrome but saw a slowdown. For example a 10 move deep analysis of the chess starting position using var takes (consistently) 1.9sec. Using const takes (consistently) 2.1 sec. Over the course of a game that's p

Re: [v8-users] Very basic globals and const question

2014-10-10 Thread 'Andreas Rossberg' via v8-users
Note that there is a significant difference between - const on global scope - const in local scope - const in Harmony mode There first two have never been standardised, and just exist in V8 for web compatibility. In particular, const semantics in the global scope is outright insane (it isn't real

Re: [v8-users] Very basic globals and const question

2014-10-08 Thread Colin Jenkins
> > . Hi Jakob, I've got Chrome Version 39.0.2171.13 dev-m now; thanks for answering my questions. I'll give const another go but every time I've tried it in the past I've noticed a (significant) slowdown (as I have using switch which I completely avoid now). Thanks again... -- -- v8-us

Re: [v8-users] Very basic globals and const question

2014-10-08 Thread Jakob Kummerow
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Colin Jenkins wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies for the basic nature of these questions. I feel pretty stupid > asking, but I can't find the answer anywhere... > > I've written a chess engine in Javascript and am pleased with the initial > (not-thought-about) performance

[v8-users] Very basic globals and const question

2014-10-08 Thread Colin Jenkins
Hi, Apologies for the basic nature of these questions. I feel pretty stupid asking, but I can't find the answer anywhere... I've written a chess engine in Javascript and am pleased with the initial (not-thought-about) performance; in play, on my fairly old machine it's analysing about 500,000