Posted by
Levente Uzonyi-2 on
Feb 12, 2011; 11:59pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/could-we-agree-to-remove-caseOf-and-caseOf-otherwise-tp3302475p3303293.html
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> Don't try to convince me that there are sort of problems which can be
> solved only by using case statement :)
We all know that it can be solved, but the solution won't be nicer at all,
instead it will be a lot slower.
> First, get rid of these integers in your code. Use symbolic names.
> And then for dispatching using parameter, there is a #peform: primitive.
The integers are from a binary stream, so I can't do much about it.
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> So, then switch statement will be turned into:
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> self peform: (self decode: someInteger)
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> and this is how it should look like.
> And again, if you can avoid using integers at all, use symbols , so
> you don't have to decode/translate them.
> Just do #perform.
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> I thought that this is obvious for you.
What you wrote here is obvious, but not an answer to my question. What
should #decode: do? Use #detect:? Or a dictionary? Maybe a binary search
on an array? Or should it be a bunch of #ifTrue:ifFalse: conditionals? (I
guess the separate class per integer idea is abandoned, but who knows.)
Also note that #perform:with: is ~11x slower on Cog than sending a
message. And a send is a lot slower (~5.5x IIRC) than a direct assignment.
That's ~55x combined slowdown not counting the integer->selector matching.
Levente
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> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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