Typo in the last post. BOTH had 100,000 elements or lines. Craig
> On Dec 14, 2023, at 5:25 PM, Craig Newman <cr...@starfirelighting.com> wrote: > > 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
