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Can comments slow down ECS event code? Kevin Trainor Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:11:22 -0600

Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:11:22 -0600

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Hi All:

I think that I have just been punished for being a virtuous programmer.

I have this big block of event code that runs the serial-byte interface for my access
control system (ACS).  So far, I have only tried to implement the simplest of integration
between ECS and the ACS system.  Having suceeded in making simple integration work,
I was about to undertake some more challenging functions.  So, I thought that it would
be a good idea to finish commenting out the existing code before I changed it.  When
I went to test out the commented code, I got an execution error that I did not get with
the un-commented version.  ECS aborted execution of my event because it failed to exit
within the maximum time allowed.  It is remotely possible that I accidentally introduced
a bug when adding comments.  But, after doing some desk checking of my code, I don't
think that I made that mistake.  It really does appear that commented code is running
slower than uncommented code.

So, my question:  is this possible?  Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks.

Kevin

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