Re: The future of ICP_OP_HIT_OBJ

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 21:12:04 -0600 (CST)

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Duane Wessels wrote:

> I'd like to get an idea of to what extent people think the ICP HIT_OBJ
> feature is a good idea to continue supporting...

Has anybody measured the actual improvement from using the ICP HIT_OBJ
feature? That is, how often it happens, and how much response time is
saved?

IMHO, a potentially dangerous "optimization" that works in less than
20-30% of cases may be viewed as a harmful "kludge" and should be avoided.

Alex.
Received on Tue Nov 18 1997 - 19:17:00 MST

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