[webkit-dev] Better to store a local variable or call a method repeatedly?

Chris Fleizach cfleizach at apple.com
Wed Jan 6 10:46:14 PST 2010


I see a lot of code that calls the same function a number of times in the same scope.

Is it better to store that result in a local variable, or is it better to repeatedly call a method...

in this example, node() is called two times

    return !m_renderer->node() || !m_renderer->node()->isContentEditable();

Would it better to write it as 

	Node* node = m_renderer->node();
	return !node || !node->isContentEditable();


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