AS3 has always had great support for XML built right into the language, but how fast is it? Today’s article compares the performance of operators that work on XML
objects like .@x
, .x
, ..x
, and ["x"]
against their equivalents in plain Object
instances and typed class
instances. Just how slow are the XML operators? Read on to find out.
Posts Tagged plain object
Above all others, there is one article I refer back to most: 2009’s Function Performance. It was updated for Flash Player 10.1 and 10.2, but not 10.3, 11.0, 11.1, or 11.2. Today I’m updating this article for Flash Player 11.2, adding some missing function types, and including a set of graphs to make for the ultimate function performance reference.