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> They all go slightly faster if you localize the reference to `io.write` No noticeable difference for LuaJIT, which makes sense, since JIT should figure it ou

> They all go slightly faster if you localize the reference to `io.write` No noticeable difference for LuaJIT, which makes sense, since JIT should figure it out without help.

VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
Ah yes you're right. Basically no difference with LuaJIT. 5.1 and 5.4 show about ~8% improvement.
bjoli 4y ago
And this, folks, is why you have immutable modules. If you know before runtime what something is, lookup is a lot faster.