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<DIV>Check the devel list, you'll see a drupal_get_path being issued. It's done by theme_tablesort_indicator(), which in turn calls theme_image(), which calls url(). Somehow, I'd like to get in and add "'alias' => TRUE" to prevent the path query.</DIV>
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<DIV>These useless drupal_get_path calls are all over core. They may be quick, but they do take time.<BR> </DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Earl Miles <merlin@logrus.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> development@drupal.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, December 28, 2010 1:48:57 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [development] URL Alias for Tablesort_sql<BR></FONT><BR>On 12/28/2010 6:53 AM, nan wich wrote:<BR>> Before I go and submit a small performance patch to core, I am curious<BR>> as to whether anyone, at any time, for any reason, has ever used a URL<BR>> alias for the up and down images ('misc/arrow-asc.png',<BR>> 'misc/arrow-desc.png')?<BR><BR>I'm pretty sure you can't use a URL alias for those, since they're<BR>served directly by the webserver and not by Drupal.<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>