[klippy]

Hence why I said a cached value. The size is cached, it isn't calculated each call.

[asherkin]

Originally Posted by Potato Uno Doing ++ in pawn is way worse than doing ++ in C++, because every operation on pawn is a bytecode dispatch on the JIT (push parameters to stack, run assembly on the CPU, send results back to pawn... and that's an oversimplification). Anything you do in pawn will be way slower than equivalent code in C++.

This isn't remotely correct, the JIT compiles native code per-function - stuff like math operations compile to identical assembly ops as C++.

EDIT: And the GetArraySize native is just a Handle unwrap and a member variable read.

[Neuro Toxin]

All I know.

With Dynamic when I first implemented member offsets. Getting a member by offset was slower than getting member by name.

After some profiling I noticed GetArraySize was spending the most time in Get*ByOffset.

I replaced GetArraySize with internal counts and walah, Get*ByOffset was faster than Get*.

[WildCard65]

Most of GetArraySize()'s overhead comes from SM's handle reading logic.

[Fyren]

It is more likely there was a mistake in your code or simply that the change meant you made fewer native calls in that particular path. The get size native itself is going to be the fastest of the ADT array natives.

[Neuro Toxin]

I checked my changes, I only removed GetArraySize(), I didn't replace the check with any counter logic.

Fyren, can you teach me your secrets to time travel please?

I would like to be a member since 2666 please!

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Neuro Toxin Fyren, can you teach me your secrets to time travel please? I would like to be a member since 2666 please!

Psst, I know the secret to time travel. It looks something like this:

UPDATE members SET join_date='2106-02-01 00:00:00';

I can't be arsed to look up the VBulletin table structure to see if that's right.

[Neuro Toxin]

Lol Timelord.

Edit: Dont forget the WHERE clause

[Fyren]

Originally Posted by Neuro Toxin I checked my changes, I only removed GetArraySize(), I didn't replace the check with any counter logic.

There's still a cost, even if the cost of getting an ADT array's size is lower than the other natives. There's added overhead when calling SP to C++ compared to SP to SP (or C++ to C++).

Originally Posted by Powerlord Psst, I know the secret to time travel. It looks something like this: UPDATE members SET join_date='2106-02-01 00:00:00'; I can't be arsed to look up the VBulletin table structure to see if that's right.

Or just use the admin control panel.