but once the sample2 code is compiled, i believe that there shud be no difference in execution speed. does not the bytecode perform the necessary adjustments ??

codism wrote:
> but once the sample2 code is compiled, i believe that there shud be no difference in execution speed. does not the bytecode perform the necessary adjustments ??

Pretty much, or if there is a difference it is very tiny and would not
really compensate for hard to read and maintain code.

The following does not really apply to the example you provided, but
using <cfoutput>...</cfoutput> block somewhat like your second example
can be explained as a form of whitespace management.

If one uses the <cfsetting enableCFoutputOnly="true"> tag, then only
content inside of <cfoutput>...</cfoutput> blocks will be sent in the
response. This can be used to control whitespace something like this.

<cfsetting enableCFoutputOnly="true">
<!--- A bunch of cf processing --->
<cfloop this...>
<cfloop that...>
<cfquery something ...>

<!---output the results--->
<cfouput>What needs to be seen</cfouput>

<!---More cf processing --->
<cfset something equals somethingElse>
<cfif this or that>
<cfswitch experssion="#justForFun#">

<!---again output the results--->
<cfoutput>Only this will be seen</cfoutput>