I use the styled arrays quite often when creating content, applying styles and taking advantage of the metadata. I can’t comment on the speed.
I have a tendency to think in terms of arrays so this is pretty comfortable for me. I did a lot of work using space above and below and was really bummed when pageranges did not take them into account. (a bug report exists for this.) I guess I should look and see if 7.0 addressed that issue. Rather than including char offsets for runs in the array itself, I think it might be more useful to have an easy way to get from a char offset to the pgh_number/run_number within the styled array. Another thing to look at in 7.0. -= Mike On Oct 30, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > 1. ID caching > Page 10 of the v6.0 Release Notes: > <http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/6_0_0/LiveCodeNotes-6_0_0.pdf> > > The description there says: > > The engine now caches lookups of control references of the form > “card id ...” and “control id ...”. This speeds up any access > using those forms after the first time, turning an operation that > would be completed in linear time into one that will be completed > in constant time. > > What does that mean in practical terms? How can I benchmark the benefit of > this new feature? > > > 2. StyledText array > Pages 16-18 of the v5.5.4 Release Notes: > <http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/5_5_4/LiveCodeNotes-5_5_4.pdf> > > Anyone here use this? Is it faster than doing equivalent operations on > htmlText? While the style attributes themselves are well represented in the > array, the character offsets of runs don't seem to be present, so I'm unclear > as to what this should be used for. > > > Any insight into either of these would be appreciated - TIA... > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
