Time cost of simple function/method calls

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I thought that using 'final' should speed things up just a bit.
but it actually slows it down a little. Strange....

change the default value of 'Somefield' and see the difference..

SuperStrict

Global t:tMyType = New tMyType
Global t2:tMytype2 = New tMytype2

Global n:Int
Global s:Int

s = MilliSecs()
For n = 1 To 1000000
   t.DoStuff()
Next
s = MilliSecs() - s
Print "First test: " + s + "ms"

s = MilliSecs()
For n = 1 To 1000000
   t.DoStuff2()
Next
s = MilliSecs() - s
Print "Second test: " + s + "ms"
'End

Print "Final"

s = MilliSecs()
For n = 1 To 1000000
   t2.DoStuff()
Next
s = MilliSecs() - s
Print "First test: " + s + "ms"

s = MilliSecs()
For n = 1 To 1000000
   t2.DoStuff2()
Next
s = MilliSecs() - s
Print "Second test: " + s + "ms"
End




Type TMyType
	
	Field somefield:Int '= 1
		
		Method GetSomeField%()
			
			Return somefield 
			
		End Method
		
		Method DoStuff:String()
			
			Return (Pi * GetSomeField() + " " + GetSomeField())
			
		End Method
		
		
		Method DoStuff2:String()
			
			Return (Pi * somefield + " " + somefield)
			
		End Method
End Type



Type TMyType2 Final
	
	Field somefield:Int '= 1
		
		Method GetSomeField%() Final
			
			Return somefield 
			
		End Method
		
		Method DoStuff:String() Final
			
			Return (Pi * GetSomeField() + " " + GetSomeField())
			
		End Method
		
		
		Method DoStuff2:String() Final
			
			Return (Pi * somefield + " " + somefield)
			
		End Method
End Type