[Typo3-dev] decrease memory usage

[dan frost]

I've heard that references are slower than new copies of objects 
(including arrays, etc) - but when I tested it the difference is tiny - 
sometimes zero.

If anyone knows better, please tell.

dan

Kasper Skårhøj wrote:
> I read that copies of strings and arrays are just fine and faster than reference. But Objects - that should be faster with a reference. And I'm not the big reference-master I have to say. 
> 
> I would appreciate if someone reviewed AND TESTED the use of object references in TYPO3. Obvious places to start is:
>  - t3lib_div::makeInstance() - should that be returning a reference?
>  - Setting of $this->cObj, $this->pObj etc in various classes.
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> God bless
> 
> - kasper
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> On 06-09-2003 at 10:30 Martin Kutschker wrote:
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>>From: René Fritz <r.fritz at colorcube.de>
>>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:32:33 +0200
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>>>Are there special things a PHP programmer can do to decrease memory
>>>usage of scripts?
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>>Try avoiding copies of objects, use references whenever possible.
>>
>>It might help to use unset() either to destroy objects or to break the
>>"binding" via a reference.
>>
>>But I am not a PHP guru. Coming from C the above ideas just sound natural
>>to me ;-)
>>
>>Masi 
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> God bless
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> - kasper
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> - kasper
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