to call a function or not

[step887]

I am building a debug function into my script, I only want this function to be called, if $debug = True..

So my question:

do I an If Then statement like:

If $debug = True Then debug('stuff')

func debug($para1)

msgbox(0,'',$para1)

Endfunc

or do I call the function everytime like and return if $debug is not True

debug('stuff')

func debug($para1)

If Not $debug Then Return

msgbox(0,'',$para1)

Endfunc

So my only concern would be performance.. if I am debugging, it could be called 1000s of times and it will not be calling a msgbox, it will logging to a file..

So which would better or does it not really matter?

[JohnOne]

I think the first option would be better "If $debug = True Then debug('stuff')"

Only 1 boolean variable is always being checked, the second is always making a call to a function and checking the variable.

[Mat]

Realistically you won't notice the overhead.

DRY.