[Catalyst] c->forwad vs direct method call

[Alex Pavlovic]

http://search.cpan.org/~mramberg/Catalyst-Runtime-5.7001/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Intro.pod#Flow_Control

"A forward is similar to a method call. The main differences are that it wraps 
the call in an eval to allow exception handling; it automatically passes 
along the context object ($c or $context); and it allows profiling of each 
call (displayed in the log with debugging enabled)."

On Tuesday 08 August 2006 07:06, leonard.a.jaffe at jpmchase.com wrote:
> > Anyone know if it's slower, I'm not sure of the nuts and bolts of the
> > forward method but I was just curious, a co-working always does
> >
> > call_A($c); and I do  $c->forward('call_A');
> >
> > Is there a difference?
>
> I've found a difference.  forward() is slower than direct call.
>
> But I've found that unless I'm going to call something repeatedly,
> I use forward, and get nice debugging statistics.  For something,
> short, tight, and called often, I use regular method invocation.
>
> Len.
>
>
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