# Performance question: commenting vs. deleting lines

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-commenting-vs-deleting-lines/291256>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-commenting-vs-deleting-lines/291256 "2009-06-26T20:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-commenting-vs-deleting-lines/291256/1 "2009-06-26T20:24:22Z")

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Couldn’t find this in the archives…

From a performance standpoint, are these the same?..

[LIST]  
[_]1000 lines all commented  
[_]nothing  
[/LIST]  
Is the answer the same regardless of whether the commented code is in the Flash IDE’s actions pane and if it’s in a separate class?

Thanks!