Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 11:54:41 CET schreef Robert Fewell: > Hi, > > While I was working out why setting 'don't use gnucash color themes' was > being reset after every restart of Gnucash, I added a print statement to > gnc_prefs_get_bool which resulted in loads of output related to the > preference 'show-leaf-account-names'. Used the glib backtrace function to > work out what is calling this preference with the following results from > starting Gnucash for a short time and also moving a terminal window over a > register page... > > 376 calls to gnc_table_get_entry > 248 calls to gnc_account_foreach_descendent > > to > > 502 calls to gnc_get_account_name_for_register > to > 502 calls to gnc_prefs_get_bool for show-leaf-account-names > > My question is whether the register should hold the value and not keep > asking the preference system for it which I assume to mean gsettings > calling what ever back end is being used. It could be cached in some way or > with the fast PC's nowadays it is of no issue. Just asking before I spend > any more time on this. > > Regards, > > Bob
Caching the value would probably be better, although a performance test before and after is the only sure way to test. If you cache it, you should also add a watch function that triggers whenever the user changes the preference. When triggered it should cause the register to redraw. Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
