[webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

Yoav Weiss yoav at yoav.ws
Fri May 31 14:20:18 PDT 2013


Are there any advantages to String over AtomicString?


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daker Pinheiro <
daker.pinheiro at openbossa.org> wrote:

> It is faster to compare and hash AtomicString than regular Strings.
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> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Brendan Long <self at brendanlong.com>wrote:
>
>> I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I can't find any references to
>> what the difference between AtomicString and String is. It looks like
>> AtomicString is generally preferred, but I don't know why. Can someone
>> fill me in on this? Is there any refences for the classes in WTF?
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