[TYPO3-core] RFC: Performance enhancements in BE, part 1

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Michael Stucki wrote:
> Generally, makes sense! What I dislike is this:
> 
> +       $tca = &$TCA[$table];
> +       if (!$tca['columns']) {

This tests if TCA is loaded, so we cannot get rid of this.

> +               $dcf = $tca['ctrl']['dynamicConfigFile'];
> 
> Get rid off $tca and apply the reference on $dcf instead.

Yes, because PHP is bad at handling inner arrays. Though it uses hash 
maps for it, it is still slower then references because it resolves hash 
every time when nested array is used.

> (...or was this the reason why it became faster?)

Yes, one of them.

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