On 8 Jun 2007, Jeremy Linton verbalised: > James Youngman wrote: >> On 6/8/07, Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I'd say this behaviour violates the principle of least astonishment, at >>> least. Mind you, avoiding it does seem like it could be expensive: [...] >> Maybe. For the issue-diagnostic-message use case, performance is not >> such an issue. But I'm sure there are valid use cases where ultimate >> performance is really vital. Use-cases vary a lot. > > I sort of doubt that anyone who really cares about performance is > calling printf...
printf(), no. *s*printf(), maybe (although given how slow some printf()s can be they're in for a shock on some platforms if they try). -- `... in the sense that dragons logically follow evolution so they would be able to wield metal.' --- Kenneth Eng's colourless green ideas sleep furiously
