Thread: Splitting hairs again

Hey,

I am sure I am just splitting another hair here, but is there a significant computational difference between looking at a class's public member vs calling one of its functions?

Basicly every class in my game has a

Code:

public:
   bool Active;
   void Draw(SpriteBatch SB);

Then in the game I have a function Draw() where I have two options for checking to see if I should drawn an object... I wasn't sure if they were computationally equivalent so I figured I'd ask.

first option

Code:

void Draw()
{   
  if(ThisObject.Active)
    ThisObject.Draw(spriteBatch);
}

This turns into ALOT of iffs in my draw code and I was starting to get annoyed by it.
Second option is to put the check within the Object.Draw(SB) fuction and then in the game Draw() code only call.

Code:

void Draw()
{
  ThisObject.Draw(spriteBatch);
  ThatObject.Draw(spriteBatch);
  // ect
}

So basicly which is taking more process power?
ThisObject.Active || ThisObject.Draw#SB)