Re: "mylist" vs "a reference to" - speed difference
Re: "mylist" vs "a reference to" - speed difference
- Subject: Re: "mylist" vs "a reference to" - speed difference
- From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 15:52:41 +1200
on 27/4/02 2:00 PM +1200: Nigel Garvey wrote:
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ASLG mentions that accessing large lists via references is far faster
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than using the list variables directly (but doesn't explain why). My
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theory is that the reason 'my' and the Serge techinque are even faster
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than using reference variables is because they're compiled directly into
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the script, whereas reference variables have to be fetched and evaluated.
"one of them precautions" ...
on 9/3/02 Christopher Nebel wrote:
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> AppleScript takes a number of precautions to protect itself against
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> circular structures, and one of them leads to this slow-down. I'm not
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> convinced that it really needs to do this, but changing it is not
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> something to take lightly.
___________________________cheers Andy
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