I’m trying to understand why executing a function that has been created by a function causes extra allocations. Example: # 2 allocations function make_func() function my_func(x) val = 1.23 return val + x end return my_func end func = make_func() time_func(x) = @time func(x) func(4.56); tim…

Understanding allocations - function returned by function

GunnarFarneback November 24, 2023, 6:50am 2

The performance tip about avoiding non-const global variables also applies to variables holding functions. Try

const func = make_func()

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