I don't think this is going to make an iota of difference in how fast your
movie runs. I'd look instead at one of the other things you might have done.
Unrelated hint: Put your clearGlobals in your prepareMovie, not your
stopMovie. This will allow you to rerun the program, resetting all globals
at the beginning. By placing it at the end, although it allows you to run
it multiple times, it prevents you from examining the globals after the
movie stops.
If you're thinking of it as a proper way to release globals, don't worry -
Director will clean them up for you.
- Tab
At 03:07 PM 6/2/01 +0200, schmidt-r wrote:
>-- at first i set the properties in every behavior:
>
>property canvasSprite
>property surfaceSprite
>property vectorSprite
>property crossSprite
>property ballSprite
>
>on beginSprite me
> canvasSprite = sprite( 2)
> surfaceSprite = sprite( 7)
> vectorSprite = sprite(10)
> crossSprite = sprite(12)
> ballSprite = sprite(14)
>end beginSprite me
>
>--------------
>-- then i put them in the movie script:
>
>global canvasSprite
>global surfaceSprite
>global vectorSprite
>global crossSprite
>global ballSprite
>
>on PrepareMovie
> canvasSprite = sprite( 2)
> surfaceSprite = sprite( 7)
> vectorSprite = sprite(10)
> crossSprite = sprite(12)
> ballSprite = sprite(14)
>end PrepareMovie
>
>on stopMovie
> clearGlobals
>end stopMovie
>
>which way is faster? or is there no difference? i changed a lot of
>things in the scripts,
>so it could be something else that slows down the movie.
>
>Thanks for your reply, Julius.
>
> >Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 10:20:33 -0400
> >From: Tab Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> globals vs properties
>
> >Globals vs. properties just really refers to which memory space you
>have
> >them in. There is some overhead that is incurred when starting a
>handler
> >with globals in that script, but not that you'd probably notice unless
>you
> >had hundreds or thousands. Otherwise, there is no "speed" factor per
>se...
>
> >How are you using them and what makes you think they're slow? How
>you're
> >using them might make a difference.
>
> >At 04:11 PM 6/1/01 +0200, schmidt-r wrote:
> >>i have several behaviors which use the same properties.
> >>these properties do not change. so i could make globals
> >>out of them. when i do, i get the impression that the
> >>speed slows down.
> >>
> >>are globals really slower than properties?
>
>
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