I'm assuming the container doesn't have to redraw when the inside
graphic is redrawn. Thanks a lot for the info.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael VanDaniker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> This feels like comparing apple and oranges. Can you provide a bit
> more information about the complexity of your graphics calls and how
> you're able to consider them as replacements to move operations?
>
> The little test I just ran seems to show that graphics operations are
> faster than calls to move. This isn't all that surprising as
> UIComponent.move has some conditionals and dispatches an event. Of
> course, my test doesn't account for the actual rendering of anything
> -- just the time it takes to execute the instructions to tell Flash
> Player how to render.
>
> var d:Number = getTimer();
> var num:Number = 100000;
> var a:Number;
> for(a = 0; a < num; a++)
> {
> button.move(Math.random() * 500,Math.random() * 500);
> }
> trace((getTimer() - d)) // Outputs ~1719
>
> d = getTimer();
> for(a = 0; a < num; a++)
> {
> graphics.clear();
> graphics.lineStyle(1,0);
> graphics.drawRect(0,0,Math.random() * 500,Math.random() * 500);
> }
> trace((getTimer() - d)) // Outputs ~257
>
