On my system, testing with version 8, 1M loops (with and without a wait, and with 1 random(1000) call in each) it takes version 8, 283ms with wait, and 112ms without. Version 6 takes 157ms with and 51ms without. But this is with a million loops so for each loop, version difference only adds 0.000126ms per loop.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > A friend of mine has an app where some animations are done by flipping > through cards. Speed is variable, set with a "wait <n> milliseconds" > statement, so the user can view the sequence as quickly or slowly as > desired. > > In versions up through 6.x the speed was quite good, but in v7, 8, and 9 > the speed drops below acceptability. > > We did some tests and oddly enough the problem doesn't seem to be with > card rendering: when we comment out the "wait" statement speed is pretty > good. It's maybe a tad slower perceptibly, but still good enough for the > animation to be viewed meaningfully. > > But "wait 1 millisecons" or even "wait 0 milliseconds" takes FAR longer in > recent versions than in v6. > > He has no "...with messages" clause, so any extra time needed for the > event loop should not be a factor. > > Something seems amiss with the "wait" command itself. > > He's sending me his stack file so I can winnow it down to a good test > case, but in the meantime I wanted to ask here: > > Have any of you seen unusual delay with "wait" statements in versions > later than v6? > > -- > 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
