Hi, Ultimately I don't think that splitting out code is going to give you are huge benefit. However I find that splitting out the code multiple source files makes it a lot easier to maintain than 1 big file. easier to group functions. I never really like dealing with source files which are 1000-1500+ lines But ultimately a op code cache like e-Accelerator,APC or XCache will load and keep all these in memory anyway. Gordon. On 03/02/2011, at 3:53 AM, Carl Wiedemann wrote:
Before you go out and rewrite all your code, consider what your goals are with this. The decision, ultimately, should be driven by data, rather than perception. Also consider: Do you have performance benchmarks? Are you running an op-code cache? Is simply buying more RAM for the server less expensive than your time spent reconfiguring these modules? How does front-end performance affect page load comparatively? Food for thought.
Performance optimization can come in many different flavors -- sometimes the low-hanging fruit is a better approach than radically altering your development practices.
Also peruse some of the posts at http://groups.drupal.org/high-performance
Happy tuning :)
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:34 AM, nan wich <nan_wich@bellsouth.net> wrote: You can split the module into several modules (which will, of course, have to be enabled). In your example, the block code could be in a separate module (see http://drupal.org/project/weblinks). However, any opcode caching that you use is going to keep more execution-ready code in memory than you might think. My last customer used e-Accelerator with a 32 MB cache size and this was a tremendous boost to performance, but with smaller memory (VPS, shared) installations, may not be the best idea.
@jcisio: To be more precise, the hooks must be in your .module namespace. I found this by accident when I started playing with sub-modules. For example, create a xyz.module, then create xyz_sub.module with xyz_block(); you will find that the blocks are available as though they were in xyz.module.
Nancy
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From: jcisio
It depends on which Drupal you are using, D6 or D7. Read the documentation about D7, where you can split your .module into multiple files.
In D6, in general, all hook implementations must be presented in your .module file. However, except your module is too big, this micro optimization has only negligeable profit.