Re: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 /ext/sockets sockets.c

[Andi Gutmans]

By the way, often compilers change switch() to if()/else() if they know 
that it would be faster (if you only have like 2 cases) so if the code is 
much nicer you don't need to be too afraid of switch() :)

Andi

At 03:44 PM 2/3/2001 +0200, Boian Bonev wrote:
>hi,
>
>
> > > What do you mean, switch() is expensive?
> > Well, isn't it slower?
>
>perhapse in php switch is slower. in c it sometimes is much faster than
>bunch of if statements. i mean the compiler makes jump tables for
>consequitive values and there are less comparisons etc. just a range check
>and jump.
>
>b.
>
>
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