Well that's gratifying news! On the speed issue you're right I'm sure - I do have to do a lot of work in the comparison function involving database access and XML parsing (it's a long story!). I might optimize that by prepopulating my objects with everything needed for the sort prior to calling sort()
One thing I did notice when I gave it a list of 6k objects to sort was it gobbling up memory - it was up to 250MB from 30MB before I got tired of waiting and killed it. Tests with a smaller list show that my exe memory usage in TaskManager grows by about 750kB per sort and never goes down again. I don't allocate any memory in my comparison function so I wonder where it's going? Or is it just taskmanager misleading me..... Dave Sean Mathews wrote: >>It works but it aint pretty - surely there's an easier way of >>getting at stuff on the form? If I try to declare the >>callback function anywhere where it would 'naturally' get at >>stuff on the form the compiler complains that a 'variable required'. >> >> > >I agree, it is awkward but this is the right way to do it. As to the >slowness, >show us the code and we could probally pick it apart for you. I see you >are calling >.somefunction, and I would bet dollars for doughnuts the problem is in >the comparison >Funtion, as the actual sort routine is very tight, and you can get >really good results >Sorting on simple types. > > >----------------------------------------------------- >Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ >To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
