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    • Avoid using strings in ml.ml_string

    Posted by xuletas on Thu 20 of Jan, 2011 13:14 GMT

    Hello,

    I would like that when invoked from source code the ml.ml_string() function, the original string passed as second parameter were avoided, as this overloads the executable size and slows execution. Is there any way that the original string is displayed as a comment? Something like:

    ml.ml_string(587 / * High * /);


    Thanks

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    Posted by Phil on Thu 20 of Jan, 2011 21:38 GMT Germany

    Hi,

    I will think about this for C#.

    For VB, the answer is no. VB has no syntax to embed a comment within a line.

    For unmanaged C++, it is not an issue, because I have defined ML_STRING as a macro. The unused parameter does not generate any code.

    For managed C++, I don't think it is a macro (are there macros in managed C++?). However, hardly anyone uses managed C++.

    For C# you are probably correct. It will bloat the code and could slow it down. Actually, I think there is a chance that the compiler optimizes it away completely in a release version, but I don't know if it does.

    Also, you would have to have a lot of strings in your program for this to make an appreciable difference. I used to worry a lot more about the size of programs than I do now. Nevertheless, it is a fair point, and I will look into how difficult it would be to implement.

    Phil

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    Posted by xuletas on Thu 20 of Jan, 2011 21:48 GMT

    > Hi,
    >
    > I will think about this for C#.
    >
    > For VB, the answer is no. VB has no syntax to embed a comment within a line.
    >
    > For unmanaged C++, it is not an issue, because I have defined ML_STRING as a macro. The unused parameter does not generate any code.
    >
    > For managed C++, I don't think it is a macro (are there macros in managed C++?). However, hardly anyone uses managed C++.
    >
    > For C# you are probably correct. It will bloat the code and could slow it down. Actually, I think there is a chance that the compiler optimizes it away completely in a release version, but I don't know if it does.
    >
    > Also, you would have to have a lot of strings in your program for this to make an appreciable difference. I used to worry a lot more about the size of programs than I do now. Nevertheless, it is a fair point, and I will look into how difficult it would be to implement.
    >
    > Phil

    I think that using comments is a fancy way that reduces the processor and memory overhead and almost does not affect the readability of the code :-)

    Thank you

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