From: John Joyner <jnj@...>
Date: 2007-06-23T23:28:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Performance: Module vs Class

John N. Joyner wrote:
> Is there a significant performance difference between these two ways to
> call a method?
> (a) Define the method in a module, then call it with
> MODULE_NAME::METHOD_NAME
> (b) Define the method in a class, then instantiate an object from the
> class, then call the method with OBJECT_REFERENCE_VAR.METHOD_NAME
> 
> Purely for the convenience in naming methods, I'd love to do everything
> in classes, but I can't help suspecting that performance will suffer
> somewhat if I instantiate objects when not really necessary.
Apologies! I had meant to start a new thread.
- John


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