From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA09360; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:34:16 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA12834 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:34:15 +0100 (MET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h0OAYBr14499; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:34:11 +0100 (MET) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA12376; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:34:11 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:34:11 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy To: Vaibhav Bhandari Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Function Indirection overhead? Message-ID: <20030124113411.C9454@pauillac.inria.fr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from vaibhav@cse.ucsc.edu on Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:21:05PM -0800 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > I am not sure, if in ocaml we write > > let f = Hop.a; > > where f and Hop.a are methods, does the compiler "short-circuit" the call, > or not? Yes, it does. Applications of function f will go straight to the code for Hop.a. Contrast this with let f x = Hop.a x where an additional call (from f to Hop.a) would occur. - Xavier Leroy ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners