[Gambas-user] [THEORY] What's the difference* between a RO Property and a public function?

[Bruce]

*Difference as in:
a) pCode size
b) wxecution speed

Particularly, but not specifically, I have a class that has an attribute 
"TableNames" that returns the list of tables in a database as a String[] 
array.  The source code implementation is essentially the same either 
way - query the database system catalog, build the array and return it.

So, ignoring the implementation detail which is immaterial to the 
question, can someone who understands the stuff "under the bonnet" tell 
me if there is any difference?

(BTW: This is NOT the same as using the Connection.Tables property! I am 
looking to get a simple list of table names for a combobox list.)

tia
bruce