OpenEuphoria

RE: 2.4 problems

• Posted by Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com> Jun 09, 2003
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Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon,  9 Jun 2003 16:18:42 +0000, Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com>
> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >for i = 1 to 500000 do
> ^ i had to kill a zero on that ;-(  {P233, 48MB, Eu 2.4 beta}
> >--s1 = {}
> ^^^ bizarre!!! 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is a top-level statement executed
> exactly ONCE (when uncommented )
> Bizzare, because variable s1 is not referenced *at all* after that
> point (I'm measuring just up to the --s2 = {} line, no further).
> 
> Andy, Rob, just that *one* line uncomment made it run like a dog (TEN
> times slower: 130 seconds vs 13 seconds) on my PC.
> 
> Bizzare, because code *NOT* referencing that variable, like I just
> said, runs ten times slower!!
> 
> Andy: I think you have definitely found something .
> 

Yeah, I think it is because the memory that s1 was using is now 
available for Eu to use again, and the problem is in the re-use of the 
memory, not the variable.  We'll see what Rob finds out.

My system is 256MB Windows ME, by the way...