Fucking StackOverflow. And new vs createObject() vs entityNew()

G'day:
I was typing this response on Stack Overflow, and just as I was finishing, the question was closed and I was unable to save it. What a bunch of pricks the rule-makers on StackOverflow are.

I'm not having my work wasted, so I'm publishing it here instead.

Obviously any thoughts or elaborations are welcomed.

Question:

In ColdFusion which way is better to create a component object CreateObject() or EntityNew() or New keyword

I was writing some code in ColdFusion using CFC components, when I got bit confused on using different ways to create a object of a component. I would appreciate if someone please let me know which method of creating a object is better. CreateObject(), EntityNew() & New keyword. I read through few blogs and got mixed answers, some said Entity New is faster as compared to Create Object. I also found that the syntactical different is better in EntityNew(). I would appreciate if I can get some thoughts on from anyone. Thanks.

My answer:

This is a very nebulous question, and I am going to vote to close it once I post this.

Unless someone can come up with real-world performance penalties using new, createObject(), <cfobject> or <cfinvoke>, I'd not bother listening to them. There will not be a meaningful difference. They are dwelling in the realms of micro (and premature ~) optimisation.

All those options I list above are slightly different to entityNew(), which is specifically intended for creating ORM-based objects. The others are more generic. But, again, performance-wise there will be no real-world consideration here.

I do not use tags when I can avoid it. So that discounts <cfobject> and <cfinvoke> for consideration IMO.

All of this is opinion though.

As I said, entityNew() is specifically designed for creating ORM objects, so there might be something to be said to using that in a mixed environment that has a mix of ORM-based and vanilla objects.

As for createObject() and new? I now reserve createObject() for Java objects, and use new for CFML objects. For code clarity.

Oops... someone else has closed this question. I guess this might be a waste of time!

That's it.

The question has been cross-referenced to this one: "Differences between New/CreateObject() vs EntityNew() in CF9 for persistent CFC?". It answers the same question, but very nebulously (kinda appropriately for the general tenor of the question).

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Adam