Re: Optimizing multiple dispatch

From: Jacek Generowicz (jacek.generowicz_at_cern.ch)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: 03 Jun 2004 16:19:26 +0200

[Hi, Brian, fancy meeting you here !]

Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk> writes:

> If the arguments inside the loop have fixed types, then maybe you
> could have a method to get the reference to the function (once)
> outside the loop.

Yup, we do that already ... it gives us more than a factor of 2
improvement in a particular politically important benchmark.

But, this must remain an option open to the user, and there is still a
need to make the thing go faster without pre-selection.

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