[JASS] Curious

[Herman]

Which one is more efficient:

1. Using Structs
2. Using Handle Vars
3. Using Handle Vars to retrieve a single integer, and using global arrays to keep track of the data

 

[Blue_Jeans]

Well, Herman, structs are just global arrays... Structs aren't a handle system. You still need a handle system to transfer the struct from function to function. Using structs and then attaching the struct using Handle Vars is still faster than storing each value independently. However, Handle Vars is slow compared to some newer systems.

I recommend Cohadar's ABC. Pandamine has a system that is faster, but it requires you to do more work, which means more chances for mistakes. For people just starting out, I recommend ABC because it lets you a bit less caught up in details.

 

[Herman]

Oh

So, #1 is pretty much equal to #3, because you need to attach the struct to a gamecache anyway? (In order to use it in other functions)

 

[Blue_Jeans]

Well... you don't HAVE to attach it to a gamecache... You just have to attach it somehow. Cohadar's ABC does not use a gamecache, and it is faster than Kattana's Handle Vars. Padamine's HSAS is even faster (usually), but it takes a bit more work than ABC does.

Using the gamecache is just one method of attaching...

 

[Herman]

:O

I think I have read about something to do with abusing locations, would that be one way of attaching variables, could you help me make a list of all known ways tp attach, or at least most of them?