Hi Lorenzo,
When you say "run from a python script", is that with the graphical GUI? That
"instant update", does that include instant update of visual representations?
Thanks,
Thomas
> On Dec 13, 2019, at 12:55 PM, Lorenzo Gaifas <bris...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Pymol users,
>
> I just discovered something I did not expect: the same python function can
> have extremely different performance when called as a python function or
> using the pymol api.
>
> To be more specific: I have a function func that (among other things) uses
> cmd.alter several times over a big system to change the properties and
> representation.
>
> If I run it calling func() from a python script, its effects are almost
> instant. If I call it with cmd.do('func') (or directly from within pymol with
> func), it’s extremely slow (up to 10 seconds) and Pymol freezes completely
> during this time.
>
> I expected this to be due to an overhead of the api itself, but when I do the
> same thing with a simpler function, I see no noticeable difference.
>
> Why exactly is this happening? And more importantly, how can I get the
> performance of func even when I call it from within pymol?
>
> Thank you,
> Lorenzo
>
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