Anything to distract me from my day job. An array with 100,000 elements and a variable with 100,00 lines take the same time to place into a field.
The only time that took a while was building them. Each took 10 milliseconds. Craig > On Dec 14, 2023, at 4:55 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Bob, > > Thank you. I could script a timing test but sometime just asking the list or > forums is easier. You asnwered well before I would have had the time to write > a basic test script. Thanks! > > > On 12/14/2023 4:45 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> I think the confusion comes from thinking so much of a stack as an object >> that has substance, when really all the properties are places in memory just >> like a memory variable is. I asked this some years back and the answer I got >> was that there is no appreciable difference. >> >> One could always devise a test though… >> >> Bob S >> >> >> On Dec 14, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? >> >> To retrieve an array from a property? >> As in: >> command someHandler -- in an objects script >> get the cMyArray from me -- cMyArray is some multi-dimensional array >> ... >> end someHandler >> >> OR >> >> To retrieve an array from a script local variable? >> As in: >> local sMyArray -- script local variable in some objects script >> >> command someHandler -- in an objects script >> get sMyArray >> ... >> end someHandler >> >> Anyone know? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
