3 Nov
2011
3 Nov
'11
5:11 p.m.
On 11/3/11 7:37 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
Symbols are never freed, so, it's better to use several separate [text2d] to reduce the total number of symbols created.
Otherwise, as tens of thousands of symbols are created, not only it takes RAM, but it also slows down the symbol table (this means it slows down any uses of gensym).
Good point, Mathieu. Attached is a "stopwatch" I made a few years ago that practices symbol conservation. It could easily be modified to do timecode.
Phil Stone pkstonemusic.com