# Large memory footprint using type dispatch within a loop

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-memory-footprint-using-type-dispatch-within-a-loop/9974
**Category:** Performance
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-memory-footprint-using-type-dispatch-within-a-loop/9974 "2018-03-25T22:20:30Z")
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### Author: ![platawiec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/platawiec/32/31914_2.png) [@platawiec](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/platawiec)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-memory-footprint-using-type-dispatch-within-a-loop/9974/4 "2018-03-25T23:17:47Z")

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I believe it can, see: [Overhead of dynamic dispatch? - #5 by mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/overhead-of-dynamic-dispatch/7089/5)

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