[Leaplist] directory "size", does it matter?

[Ingo Claro]

Hello all:
I've got a basic question:
I know that a directory is just another file and it stores information 
regarding it's contents, so how does this directory size affect performance?
for example if I have a directory with many file movements 
(create/delete) over time I've got this:
drwxr-x---    2 miclaro   miclaro     9678848 Jan 20 20:53 tmp

and there are no files inside.
So it would be better to re-create this directory to reset the size? or 
it doesn't matter?

regards,
Ingo Claro

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