[Solved] Efficiency Question

[Jazztastic]

When I make spells, usually I have anywhere from 4-12 real variables. Instead of having all these different variables, I could just have one array called "Real". My question is, which is more efficient to use, multiple real variables or a single real array?

 

[Choggers]

I beliene they are as efficient as each other well in terms of memory usage anyway.

 

[Nestharus]

The array would obviously use up more memory.

The 12 variables would clutter the global scope, thus making variables generally slower to read.

Array reads/writes are much slower than scalar reads/writes.

An array of 12 unrelated variables makes everything harder : |.


Go with the scalars =). Don't use arrays just to avoid scalars >: P.

 

[Jazztastic]

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