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Diffstat (limited to 'tex/context/base/util-str.lua')
| -rw-r--r-- | tex/context/base/util-str.lua | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tex/context/base/util-str.lua b/tex/context/base/util-str.lua index 25882d9e3..965eff46d 100644 --- a/tex/context/base/util-str.lua +++ b/tex/context/base/util-str.lua @@ -153,19 +153,19 @@ function strings.nice(str) return str end --- Work in progress. Interesting is that compared to the built-in this --- is faster in luatex than in luajittex where we have a comparable speed. --- It only makes sense to use the formatter when a (somewhat) complex format --- is used a lot. Each formatter is a function so there is some overhead --- and not all formatted output is worth that overhead. Keep in mind that --- there is an extra function call involved. In principle we end up with a --- string concatination so one could inline such a sequence but often at the --- cost of less readabinity. So, it's a sort of (visual) compromise. Of course --- there is the benefit of more variants. (Concerning the speed: a simple format --- like %05fpt is better off with format than with a formatter, but as soon as --- you put something in front formatters become faster. Passing the pt as extra --- argument makes formatters behave better. Of course this is rather --- implementation dependent.) +-- Work in progress. Interesting is that compared to the built-in this is faster in +-- luatex than in luajittex where we have a comparable speed. It only makes sense +-- to use the formatter when a (somewhat) complex format is used a lot. Each formatter +-- is a function so there is some overhead and not all formatted output is worth that +-- overhead. Keep in mind that there is an extra function call involved. In principle +-- we end up with a string concatination so one could inline such a sequence but often +-- at the cost of less readabinity. So, it's a sort of (visual) compromise. Of course +-- there is the benefit of more variants. (Concerning the speed: a simple format like +-- %05fpt is better off with format than with a formatter, but as soon as you put +-- something in front formatters become faster. Passing the pt as extra argument makes +-- formatters behave better. Of course this is rather implementation dependent. Also, +-- when a specific format is only used a few times the overhead in creating it is not +-- compensated by speed.) -- -- More info can be found in cld-mkiv.pdf so here I stick to a simple list. -- |