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Re: Why some ...+ FASTER PARSING than 2.4 !

• Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Jan 02, 2006
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Juergen Luethje wrote:

> Using Eu 2.4, it is possible to include pre-parsed (shrouded) files
> without the need of a special "with" clause. This is simple and
> straightforward. I don't see an advantage when we would have to use such
> a "with" clause.

Yea, but wouldn't it be faster just to bind or shroud the entire program? I mean
shrouding is an seperate step that must be peformed on numerous source files
consecutively.

> Yes, faster than the pre 2.5 method when plain source code text files
> are included. However, at least with Eu 2.4 we also could/can include
> pre-parsed (shrouded) files. I think not many people have done so,
> though.
> BTW: You can shroud include files (e.g. Win32lib) with Eu 2.4, and then
> include these shrouded (= pre-parsed) files in your Eu 2.5 programs!!!

It would be faster to bind or shroud the entire program once, than to shroud 24
library files that would be included into your main program.
The smallest modification to them would require a full re-shroud step.

I think obfuscated IL (shrouded) include files could be useful when one wishes
to release partial source code to their project, but needs other proprietary
libraries to function. But then again, they could just build DLLs or SOs instead
that execute up to five times faster.


Regards,
Vincent