> Only thing that makes it still slower than I want it, is the iteration that
> occurs most of the time to find a free particle in the array. Just think of
> _not_ doing it this way:
>
> for (int i=0;i<MAX_PARTICLES;i++)
> {
> if ( !m_pMyArray[i]->bInUse )
> return &m_pMyArray[i];
> }
Why not also keep a "free" list...
void *GetFreeParticle(void)
{
void *p;
p = free_head;
free_head = p->next;
return p;
}
void FreeParticle(void *p)
{
free_tail->next = p;
free_tail = p;
}
...much faster.
P.S. Please learn to chop off the non-relevant text in the posts you are
replying to. Thanks!
Jeffrey "botman" Broome
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