Thanks Gregg. Gives me a few ideas. Paul Tretter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregg Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Tretter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:37 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: 'recycle use > > Hi Paul, > > PT> I'm a big confused on 'recycle. How often should it be used - > PT> such as should it be called in a large forever loop where you > PT> might have a lot of set-word values that you are unsetting? Or > PT> will this cause a performance hit from that forever loop? > > Using recycle will definitely cause a performance hit. It's unlikely > that you'll need to use it for 99% of your code. In cases where I use > it in a loop, I'll usually use a counter so I only call it every N > iterations. Sometimes a specific call or section of logic (e.g. where > a large series is allocated), can also be used as a trigger to keep > the recycle count down. > > -- Gregg > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 1/19/2004 -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
