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To call or not to call?

The difference between call or no call is very small. The funny thing is that there's a difference if you call a sub or a function. That's why I'm probably going to add another test to check if "no call" is faster for subs. The results of this test are based on a function, the function returns a string.

Code: Public Function TestOne() As String TestOne = "empty" End Function

This was function was called 500.000 times using "Call Testone" and "Testone", and done 5 times

Code:TestOne

Code:
Call TestTwo

call % faster than no call	call (sec)	no call (sec)
-2,2%	0,261654	0,267618
-0,1%	0,256037	0,256384
1,1%	0,259373	0,256454
2,1%	0,260969	0,255651
-0,3%	0,258496	0,259254

User contributed notes:

Author: Me ()	Date: 22:03 02/03/2005
FYI, using call or not makes no difference in compiled code...
Author: Almar ()	Date: 22:03 02/03/2005
Well, that's what the test says, doesn't it? :).