Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] Layer Pool Manager

2001-11-19 Thread Robert Rainwater
The recycled[] collection reuses deleted layers when new layers are created. Its done only in NS since you can't really delete the layers in ns4 (so we reuse them to keep memory usage down). I'm not sure there would be a benefit of this in other browsers since we can safely delete layers in the

Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Layer Pool Manager

2001-11-19 Thread Scott Andrew LePera
Raymond Irving wrote: > Since Dan is at work on a layer manager, how about > adding a pool manager? Isn't this what the recycled[] collection does? I noticed that it's been moved into the NS4 branch of specificCreate(). scottandrew -- scott andrew lepera [EMAIL PROTECTED] web stuff: www.sc

Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Layer Pool Manager

2001-11-19 Thread Doug Melvin
Good idea IMHO.. - Original Message - From: "Raymond Irving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DynAPI-Dev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:42 AM Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Layer Pool Manager > Hello, > > Since Dan is at work on a

[Dynapi-Dev] Layer Pool Manager

2001-11-19 Thread Raymond Irving
Hello, Since Dan is at work on a layer manager, how about adding a pool manager? In other words , a pool manager can be used to create a set number of layers when the system is idle, and release them from the pool when the new DynLayer() function is called. This should make layers appear much fas