Which is faster...

[Paul Dupuis]

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 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?
>
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