Re: Disabling string evaluation in a logging system

[dhenry <tfc.duke@gmail.com>]

On 18 mai, 20:40, tmo...@acm.org wrote:
>    So write your own specialized preprocessor that adds the "if"
> statement to calls on log.write before handing the result to the compiler.

That may be a possible solution to my problem.

>   As usual with "optimizations", the first question is "will this
> obfuscation actually save significant time?".  If the answer,
> surprisingly, is "yes", then find the few places where log.write
> is actually called millions of times and manually insert the "if"
> test in those places.

Yes, this may be seen as a premature optimization. I was just looking
for a possible opportunity (and maybe learn some new Ada tricks). If I
encounter some real performance issues, I'll probably do that.

I prefer something "elegant" (code readability and maintenance is
important) but with "poor" performances, as long as it respects
performance requirements.