Hi Geoff For the new developer, can you explain what the script is doing in more detail?
Thank you Vaughn Clement Apps by Vaughn Clement (Support) *http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/* Skype: vaughn.clement https://secure.join.me/appsbyvclement FaceTime: vclem...@gmail.com LogMeIn also avaialble Call on "ooVoo" at address: vaughnclement or 9282549062 Ph. 928-254-9062 Cloud Hosting Registration Web Site: https://my.oditech.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=41 On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the absence of confirmation from someone looking at the engine code, I > wrote a test. Here are two handlers, with comments explaining what I think > is going on: > > on mouseUp > put 1 into X -- X is a number > put 1 into Y -- Y is a number > put the long seconds into T > repeat 9999999 > put X into Z -- Z is a number, no conversion > add Z to Y -- Z is a number, no conversion > end repeat > put the long seconds - T > end mouseUp > > > on mouseUp > put "1" into X -- X is a string > put 1 into Y -- Y is a number > put the long seconds into T > repeat 9999999 > put X into Z -- after the first loop, each time Z has to convert back > to a string > add Z to Y -- Z has to be converted to a number > end repeat > put the long seconds - T > end mouseUp > > On my mac, the second handler consistently takes 10% longer to run. Since > the handlers are otherwise identical, I have to think string conversion is > causing the slowdown, and that in the first handler, nothing is being > stored as a string. > > gc > > > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 11:08 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > > > Geoff. > > > > > > I could be misRemembering, possibly even in an earlier life (HC), that > > variable typing was done by the interpreter at runtime, or in HC 2, at > > compile time. > > > > > > Maybe this was changed in LC? Someone here must know... > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> > > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > > Sent: Sat, Sep 14, 2013 9:10 pm > > Subject: Re: Trying a custom handler for several math fields > > > > > > (We agree on all your other points) > > > > I remember reading many years ago on this mailing list that if you > assign a > > number to a variable: > > > > put 52 into x > > > > LC stores that variable as a number from the get-go and only converts it > > to a > > string if needed. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Sep 14, 2013, at 9:22 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > If you add a number to "50", it is then that the engine types the > string > > as a > > number. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
