Re: performance improvements for 1.3

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Jonathan Swartz wrote:

> * Replace the Buffer object with a simple scalar, and replace the
> generated $m->print() call in components with in-line concatenation
> unless autoflush is enabled.

I assume this still works with filters, cache_self/call_self, etc.
There's tests for all this stuff, so presumably they pass.

Design-wise, this seems like a step backwards to me, but OTOH the buffer
objects don't really _do_ much, so I guess it's probably ok.

> * Can no longer print a list inside <% %>, e.g. <% @foo %>, because
> these tags are now translated into simple in-line concatenations. This
> is no great loss since you can just use a join. If people think it is
> warranted, we can continue to support this syntax (and disable the
> optimization) for a limited time via a special compiler flag.

I don't know that we ever documented this one way or another, but this has
always worked in the past.  I think people might complain a bit.  I
personally have never done this.


-dave

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