Also if you do not lock the screen the engine has to update the display each time a line changes. Not sure if this is the case if the line is not visible...
Bob S > On Jan 12, 2019, at 08:37 , JB via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > It is faster to use version 1 because accessing the > lines in a variable is faster than accessing lines in > a field. > > JB > > >> On Jan 12, 2019, at 8:01 AM, David Epstein via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I've done a little bit of speed testing showing extremely slight >> differences, but wonder if anyone who understands the "engine" can advise on >> this: >> >> Is there a difference between these two approaches? >> >> (1) put fld 1 into txt; repeat for each line k in txt; etc. >> >> and >> (2) repeat for each line k in fld 1; etc. >> >> For no very good reason, I tend to do (1), but have begun to wonder: for a >> very lengthy field 1, does my writing to a variable use up more RAM, and so >> perhaps injure performance? Or is the engine in effect writing to a >> variable either way? Is a variable read more quickly than a field? >> >> Many thanks. >> David Epstein >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
