[Trigger] Conditions & Leaks

[Darkness-4ever]

[SOLVED]
Is using Conditions that do location checks and unit group checks without using a variable for said unit group and location going to leak, or do they only leak when they are set in an action, this was probably in a different thread but when I searched I came up with 700+ results, so thanks for taking the time to respond in advance.

 

[aznricepuff]

Yes, they will leak.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Thanks. One other question, why is using locations instead of X and Y values not preffered, aren't the X and Y values based on that location anyway.

 

[tml616]

No it's the other way around. The way I understand natives is that when you call the location function it computes X and Y anyway, so it's just like saying

Loc(F) = F(x),F(y)

meaning that calling Location calls X and Y anyway, so you save a function call by doing X and Y instead of location.

The Location function exists just to make it more GUI friendly, my understanding is.

 

[aznricepuff]

A location handle just stores an x and a y value. It's not necessarily any faster or slower than using x and y; it's just that you have to destroy locations and null location variables while you don't have to worry about that stuff for reals.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Ah I see, O.K. thanks for the info, +Rep.