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Method Missing vs Method Compilation
require 'benchmark'
# Defined method
class ExampleA
def test
10000 * 10000
end
end
# Method lookup
class ExampleB < ExampleA
end
# Method Missing
class ExampleC
def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
10000 * 10000
end
end
class ExampleD
end
ExampleD.class_eval do
def test
10000 * 10000
end
end
Benchmark.bm do |b|
b.report { 100000.times { ExampleA.new.test }}
b.report { 100000.times { ExampleB.new.test }}
b.report { 100000.times { ExampleC.new.test }}
b.report { 100000.times { ExampleD.new.test }}
end
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