[l4ulwtlln]

in general which is better to use?

i know that as of 1.80 g[s]et_pcvar has all the functions as g[s]et_cvar so this should not be a factor

[Alka]

g[s]et_pcvar is a pointer for cvars and is much faster!

[Arkshine]

http://wiki.alliedmods.net/Optimizin...#Cvar_Pointers

[l4ulwtlln]

yes i know it is faster but for that speed you are sacrificing memory, or at least that is what ive read.


okay lets put it this way.
i kno that if u use it for multiple functions then pcvar is the way to go but is it better than using cvar with 1 function?




which example is better?:

PHP Code:

new test_pcvar

public plugin_init()
{
    register_plugin("test", "", "")
    test_pcvar = register_cvar("amx_test_cvar", "1")
}

public client_putinserver(id)
{
    if (get_pcvar_num(test_pcvar))
        client_print(0, print_chat, "test")
} 


or

PHP Code:

public plugin_init()
{
    register_plugin("test", "", "")
    register_cvar("amx_test_cvar", "1")
}

public client_putinserver(id)
{
    if (get_cvar_num("amx_test_cvar"))
        client_print(0, print_chat, "test")
} 


[M249-M4A1]

The first one.

[Emp`]

if you really wanted to optimize it, you could just do:

public plugin_init()
{
    register_plugin("test", "", "")
}

public client_putinserver(id)
{
    static test_pcvar;
    if( !test_pcvar )
        test_pcvar = register_cvar("amx_test_cvar", "1")
    if (get_pcvar_num(test_pcvar))
        client_print(0, print_chat, "test")
}

[Greenberet]

Originally Posted by Emp` if you really wanted to optimize it, you could just do: public plugin_init() { register_plugin("test", "", "") } public client_putinserver(id) { static test_pcvar; if( !test_pcvar ) test_pcvar = register_cvar("amx_test_cvar", "1") if (get_pcvar_num(test_pcvar)) client_print(0, print_chat, "test") }

thats not better.

memory usage to his pcvar example: identical
performance: worst. you check everytime in client_putinserver if the cvar is registered which will cost performance(not much, but it costs performance).

[_Master_]

I've said this before and I'll say it again:
You should allways optimize for speed rather than memory consumption.

[l4ulwtlln]

does the speed much that much of a difference?

[M249-M4A1]

Originally Posted by l4ulwtlln does the speed much that much of a difference?

Of course!