[JASS] Storeing as an Array is faster?

[Kixer]

Ok... I’ve come up with a theory that storing an array in a game cache and retrieving it is faster than storing each individual integer...

For example if you needed to store several unit and a group.
The normal way to store these is to use the return bug and then store each
Individual one and then retrieve it when needed.
But if you were to add an integer array and store it, the retrieve it then get the info from the array would it be faster?

My argument is that if you only have to retrieve one thing it would take a lot less time than retrieving several things...

However I suspect that an array is just a way of pointing to a stored variable not variable containing variables...

 

[HappyTauren]

no arrays in cache.. al it is is TEXT

 

[wyrmlord]

Gamecache is a hash table I've heard and a hash table is just an array that can take a string and change it to produce a unique integer for it.

Anyways, you can't store an array value in a gamecache simply because Wc3 doesn't allow pointers. I myself can't completely understand what you are asking, so I can't answer the question. Please describe your theory more clearly.

 

[Kixer]

Please ignore my stupidity...
I forgot that you cant store and retrive arrays from a gamecache...
*slaps self repeatedly*

 

[Captain Griffen]

You could just switch to struct usage (preprocessor). Faster than game cache by far.

 

[Kixer]

Hmmm im nt quite sure what struts are... Any chance you could give a brief explination?

 

[Captain Griffen]

http://www.wc3campaigns.net/vexorian/jasshelpermanual.html