Re: how can i optimize the given below code
Piotr Kobzda wrote:
while (source.length() < length)
this.source = source += source;
Lew wrote:
Why are you assigning the string twice each iteration, once to the
local variable and once to the instance variable?
Piotr Kobzda wrote:
It's to let access as soon as possible the newly created string by
the other concurrently running threads.
Yes, I know, that the Java memory model do not guarantee this (field
Lew wrote:
In fact, it pretty much guarantees that for some runs, the threads
will *not* see the changes made by each other.
Piotr Kobzda wrote:
So what? My primary goal was logic validity. Even if some threads
won't see the changes, they will build their own strings, and the logic
correctness is preserved.
Oh, a missing detail. You didn't mention that before.
It's a very funky idiom, and a micro-optimization that will make no noticeable
difference to performance, but it's at least set up so that you won't get
incorrect results, from what you say. Also, more important, you've at least
thought about the consequences.
Still, it's a questionable gain, if any, in performance for an idiom that begs
for maintenance headaches. You do realize that current JVMs have optimized
away synchronization overhead from many common scenarios, right?
--
Lew
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