> BTW, I mimicked the OT GetArrayLong/Text/Date* commands and the Find in > array command from Object Tools in my copy of OBJ_Module. The approach that > I took was to extract the array from the object and do a find in array and > I was thinking that, perhaps, that would incur a penalty. I don't have the > metrics handy but, until it got into the thousands of hits, the operation > was essentially instantaneous. And the reason, as 4D has pointed out over > the years, is that we're dealing with references to data not the actual > data itself so it's not a question of moving data in memory.
You *are* moving memory if you extract the array from an object. Not a huge amount, but not nothing. I’m not sure what the motivation was for implementing those commands yourself, but whatever. - Aparajita ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
