Optimizing multiple dispatch

[Brian Gough]

Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> writes:

> Profiling suggests that "tuple(map(type, args))" is taking a
> significant proportion of time in certain critical loops.
> Do you have any suggestions about how to make in run faster? (Either
> by optimizing "tuple(map(type, args)", or by using a completely
> different organization for the whole thing.

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.

This would be like methodForSelector in Objective-C.

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Brian Gough

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