large arrays

[larry at significantplanet.org]

Thanks Fraser,
I will try that.
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fraser Gordon" <fraser.gordon at livecode.com>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: large arrays


>
> On 19 Sep 2014, at 12:46, <larry at significantplanet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I made a program some years ago with Rev studio 2.9 that had some very 
>> large arrays in it.  No problem.
>>
>> Then I got Rev 3.5 and it choked on the large arrays - took forever to 
>> load and display in Variables.
>>
>> Several years ago, I spoke to RunRev about it and they said they were 
>> going to resolve it.
>>
>> I am using LC 6.1.1 (rc 4) and was just working with it on my old (large 
>> array) program.  I can hardly do anything because LC is SO sluggish. If I 
>> want to edit a script, it takes several seconds to display what I am 
>> typing - so it is extremely difficult to see what I'm doing.
>>
>> Does anyone know of this issue and if it ever was fixed in some later 
>> version of LC?
>
> We have completely re-written how arrays are handled internally in 
> LiveCode 7 so you could give it a go in that and let us know how you get 
> on.
>
> Regards,
> Fraser
>
>
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