Article:		Knowing When to Let Go: Better Living Through Memory Management
Subject:		is simpler slower?
Date:		2003-06-15 21:29:50
From:		anonymous2
Response to: is simpler slower?
Perhaps this would be faster? -setFriend:(id)aFriend { if (aFriend != friend) { [friend release]; friend = [aFriend retain]; } } I suppose it depends on the efficency of the comparison operation.

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• is simpler slower?
  2003-06-16 16:11:16  iapole [View]
  
  
  I believe the PPC's branch prediction is good enough to make that fast, but faster still will probably be:
  
  -(void)setFriend:(id)aFriend
  {
  [aFriend retain];
  [friend release];
  friend = aFriend;
  }
  
  Which avoids the releasing problem. But keep in mind that this is all subjective, I have done absolutely no tests of efficiency regarding these.