[erlang-questions] Closures vs apply

[igwan]

Hi,

 From the Efficiency Guide 
http://www.erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/functions.html#3.2 :
fun calls are about 3 times less expensive than apply(M,F,A)

igwan

Joel Reymont a écrit :
> I have code that looks like this
>
> wrap(F) ->
>      case catch F of
>          {'EXIT', Error} ->
>              {abort, Error};
>          Any ->
>              Any
>      end.
>
> db_put(Tab, Val) ->
>      wrap(fun() -> s3:put_data(bucket(Tab),
>                                term_to_binary(element(2, Val)),
>                                "octet/stream",
>                                term_to_binary(Val),
>                                "")
>           end).
>
> I wonder if db_put is better written as apply(s3, put_data, [args  
> here]).
>
> Would this be more or less expensive than using a closure?
>
> 	Thanks, Joel
>
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