dim[10][10] or 100 parameters ?

[gaba]

A quick technical question 😎
What is more efficient on the stack/memory side of GDL:
- a 10x10 array (i.e. 100 cells)
- or 100 parameters
?
I'm not asking about the convenience of use in a script.

[Barry Kelly]

I am sure that has  been asked here a long time ago, or maybe it was another forum.

If I find it i will let you know.

I don't have a technical answer for you, but I don't think you will notice much difference.

There is a physical limit to the number of parameters an object can have, I believe it is 1064?

Some of the doors and windows are approaching that limit from what I have read here before.

So if you can use an array then that is probably better in that it will free up possible parameters.

But speed/memory wise, I don't think you will notice a difference.

I guess the only way to find out for sure would be to try it.

Barry.

[Barry Kelly]

I did find this one post...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Passing-parameters-to-macros-and-effectivity/m...

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

Sounds like a question for @Peter Baksa .From the code execution side, I would have figured that an array would have been more efficient, on the scale of milliseconds, given the number of statements requiring processing, though I guess it depends on how you are querying, and how efficient the language is itself. It's no C++... 

[Peter Baksa]

On memory side an array takes less space, because each parameter has its own name and description, an array only one. Using different parameters, the script itself is longer too.