Performance of structures as function arguments

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Dan
Dan 2014-10-2
评论： Dan 2014-10-2
Hi, I sometimes see code where structures are passed into a function and the fields are then stored in local variables, e.g.
function(data)
alpha = data.alpha [...]
Is there a good reason to do this, are the local variables accessed quicker than the structure elements or something?

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Iain
Iain 2014-10-2
Yes.
The "Good reason", is that an equation, say,
L = 1/2 * rho * Vel.^2 * area * (alpha*P1 + P0);
Is far quicker to read and write than:
Output.Lift = 1/2 * Environment.Density * Aircraft.Velocity.X.^2 * Aircraft.WingSurfaceArea * (Aircraft.Alpha * Aircraft.LiftCoefficientP(1) + Aircraft.LiftCoefficientP0)
Structures (particularly large ones, and arrays of structures) can be much slower than basic variables.
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Dan
Dan 2014-10-2
Ok thanks, i can see that this can be a reason. To clarify though, my interest was not in speed of writing or reading of code, but in Matlab reading structures (not arrays of structures) rather than basic variables.

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