Hi guys.

I was reading the mIRC Help file and I came across this info:
Quote:
Using brackets speeds up processing. If an alias uses too few brackets then the statement might be ambiguous and the alias will take longer to parse, might be parsed incorrectly, or might not be parsed at all.

I want some clarification on that.
Does this mean that if ($nick == $me) will execute faster than if $nick == $me?

Another example:
This: alias chtypes return #+
or: alias chtypes { return #+ }

And what about if-statements?

1. if (%mode.check) && (%flag.check) { return 1 }
2. if (%mode.check && %flag.check) { return 1 }
3. if %mode.check && %flag.check { return 1 }

4. if (%mode.check) && (%flag.check) return 1
5. if (%mode.check && %flag.check) return 1
6. if %mode.check && %flag.check return 1

I think method 1 will be fastest in this example, or does it not really matter?


Please provide some of your own experience and information, because if this is indeed the case I have 7000+ thousands of lines of code to adjust.
But if it will really improve the speed, I will gladly do it with pleasure!

Thanks in advance.


P.S. Other speed improvement tips are also welcome!