Which is faster...

[Bob Sneidar]

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 at 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?