From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2006-02-19T03:48:24+09:00
Subject: Re: define_method fun

On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 23:51 +0900, Patrick Ritchie wrote:
> Wow, that's impressive, why such huge difference?

eval-ing (especially a string) is expensive, basically.

If you move the eval outside the method body, it means you only pay that
cost once (when defining the method), rather than every time the method
is run.

-mental