Thanks Scott, it's all very clear to me now. "My guess is that simple string concatenation would be faster but both are much more efficient than our earlier implementation."
It appears that my jargen isn't up to snuff, simple string concatenation refers to the "String one" + "String two" operation; I thought it refered to the StringBuilder class. It seems to make sense, so why not omit the StringBuilder completely, or base the technique in order to utilize the StringBuilders operations? I appeciate it, H On 12/8/05, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the article isn't completely clear, but the way I'm reading it backs > up what I'm saying. Perhaps you should point out the sentence that is > creating this confusion. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of elibol > Sent: Thu 12/8/2005 1:30 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] fyi : AS3 Info on > String/StringBuilderinFlashPlayer8.5 > > That's great news Scott, except, the contrary is stated in the article. I > suppose this is why I am confused. Presumably, If that's the case, why > isn't > StringBuilder based on the prefixing string technique? > > I hope Chambers posts another article that goes into detail as to why one > is > quicker than the other, and why StringBuilder uses the standard > concatenation if this is the case. > > H > > On 12/8/05, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I only meant that string concats were faster than using a > > StringBuilder.append()...which is kind of cool I think. > > > > Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of elibol > > Sent: Thu 12/8/2005 1:11 PM > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] fyi : AS3 Info on > > String/StringBuilderinFlashPlayer 8.5 > > > > Hi Scott, > > > > I read the article, however I don't see any statements regarding the > > stringbuilder being slower than prefix string support. Forgive me if I'm > > wrong, but it seems that prefix string support serves for concatenation > of > > strings ( a+=b; ) and StringBuilder would be a class that handles > various > > string operations, so this doesn't necessarily mean that for one to be > in > > order, the other would have to be left out. What I think it means is > that > > both string prefixes and the StringBuilder class will significantly > > increase > > string operations in general. > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong friends, > > > > H > > > > On 12/7/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I did, that response is to my question about what was faster, string > += > > or > > > StringBuilder since my tests a month ago yeiled no difference, and as > > you > > > know it's challenging to do memory tests in Flash. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Scott Hyndman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:57 PM > > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] fyi : AS3 Info on String > > > /StringBuilderinFlashPlayer 8.5 > > > > > > > > > Of course. The same goes for every language, except for Flash it > seems. > > > > > > You should probably read the article. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of JesterXL > > > Sent: Wed 12/7/2005 2:42 PM > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > Cc: > > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] fyi : AS3 Info on String / > > > StringBuilderinFlashPlayer 8.5 > > > > > > All I know is, in .NET, if you are concatenating a lot of strings, if > > you > > > use .NET's StringBuilder class instead, it'll greatly improve resource > > > usage, so I expect the same will hold true in Flash Player 8.5. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Scott Hyndman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:34 PM > > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] fyi : AS3 Info on String / StringBuilder > > > inFlashPlayer 8.5 > > > > > > > > > Very cool Mike. I've never heard of this capability in any language > (by > > > which I mean string prefix support). Can anyone support this? > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mike > > Chambers > > > Sent: Wed 12/7/2005 12:31 PM > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > Cc: > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] fyi : AS3 Info on String / StringBuilder in > > > FlashPlayer 8.5 > > > > > > fyi > > > > > > > > > > > > http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:articles:string_stringbuilder > > > > > > mike chambers > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
