Which is faster , match VS if elif ?

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I am quering a variable stored in an autoload singleton, with if elif I must call global.var every time I use the variable. but if I use the match I only call the variable once ... will that make the query slightly faster?

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Is retrieving global variables that slow?

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apparently there is no effect on speed

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match and if get compiled as the same sets of instructions, none is particularly faster than the other. match is essentially a different way to express things in a more concise way. It certainly makes you write the variable only once, but it still has to compare its value for each case (i.e it's not a jump table like in C).

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oh ok, thanks ! very useful

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