Laziness in the last post. BOTH took 10 mS to fill an ordinary variable.
Craig > On Dec 14, 2023, at 5:32 PM, Craig Newman <cr...@starfirelighting.com> wrote: > > 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
