I have a question about performance. I have a modu...
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Simon
11/16/2021, 3:53 AMI have a question about performance. I have a module that is getting pretty large. There's a function I use in most of my script 'isNullorEmpty", thus , I'm including the module in almost all the scripts. Does Netsuite import/loan the module each and every time ?
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battk
11/16/2021, 4:25 AMit might not actually read the file from the file system every time
battk
11/16/2021, 4:25 AMthere have been enough caching problems to suggest that the file contents are stored in memory
battk
11/16/2021, 4:25 AMbut the contents of the file will certainly be evaluated each time
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michoel
11/16/2021, 5:38 AMWhat is the value of an isNullOrEmpty function vs
if(! foo)s
stalbert
11/16/2021, 5:46 AMthere is little to no value to such a function, imho
stalbert
11/16/2021, 5:50 AMI suspect folks write utilities like that because of seeing them in other languages or due to a lack of familiarity with falsey values in JS or modern operators like
???.stalbert
11/16/2021, 5:51 AMe.g. C# IsNullOrEmpty()
stalbert
11/16/2021, 5:52 AM<rant>what's worse, is each clever author of a JS
IsNullOrEmpty()stalbert
11/16/2021, 5:55 AMif you're set on using such utilities, at least folks could pick something well known and documented and unit tested and battle tested by many developers (e.g. lodash)
stalbert
11/16/2021, 5:58 AMI should note @Simon, not a rant against you or anyone for that matter! just sharing my frustration with seeing these home-grown utilities used over and over again. Usually with little gain, sometimes with actual bugs and they were harmful.
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Simon
11/16/2021, 7:32 AMMy question is not about the function, the module has over 30 functions, my question is about performance, will it read / import / load the file each and everytime and will it slow down.
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battk
11/16/2021, 8:02 AMthe answer is yes, but not in a way that matters
battk
11/16/2021, 8:02 AMthe performance of your script will not be dictated by if it has to evaluate your 1 function vs 30 functions
battk
11/16/2021, 8:04 AMhonesty, you would probably have problems measuring any performance difference
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Simon
11/16/2021, 1:27 PMGreat. That's what I was looking for. Thanks
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