[DGD] Re: Probably an FAQ

[Gregory D Lewis]

> > This has probably been asked time and time again but I can't get answers
> > any other way:
> 
> Yes, it's been asked before.  Greg, care to add it to the FAQ or is it
> there already? :-)

I'm happy to add it to the section on the auto object.

> I'll quote you Dworkin's answer:
> <quote>
> There is an obscure cost associated with functions in the auto object
> that are neither static nor private: all such functions have a cost of
> two bytes a piece in <every> inheriting object's program.  This is also
> true for non-private functions in all other (i.e. non-auto) objects.
> 
> Normally, this is not much of a problem.  However, if you were to have
> 200 such functions in the auto object, every other program in the game
> but that of the driver object would become 400 bytes larger.
> </quote>

I believe Dworkin also stated that the function lookup overhead is constant
no matter how many functions are in the auto object.  

Please correct me if I'm wrong :).

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Greg Lewis                              Applied Maths Department
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