Big performance difference between using class with static functions vs instantiated class?

Question

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with if there is a big difference in performance in ActionScript 3 between keeping a class with only public static functions, and utilizing those functions often (as in a frame event at 30fps), and in turning the class into a "normal" class of which I instead make an instance and call the functions via the instance instead.

Hope I'm explaining myself fairly okay here...

cheers

Answer 1

According uber AS3 optimiser Jackson Dunstan there is a significant difference, with static methods being about 3 to 4 times slower than non-static methods.

• Static vs. non-static
• Why static is slow