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What is the cost of excessive dynamic dispatch in hot paths?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Each message send adds cache lookup and branch overhead.
Deep explanation
objc_msgSend involves cache lookup, possible method resolution, and branch to IMP. In tight loops, this overhead becomes significant compared to static calls.
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