Variable timestamps

This topic is specifically for discussions on the new APL64 Project currently in development. This topic is open for all to browse. However, to post, one must have a registered account on the APLDN forum only available to APL+Win licensee under a current APL+Win Subscription.

Moderators: Tech Support, phpbb_admin

Variable timestamps

Postby Davin Church » October 15th, 2018, 8:22 pm

In your Q&A document you say:
Will Timestamps be Added to Variables in the APL64 Project to Show When Last Modified?
There are no plans for doing so at this time because it would add execution overhead each time a variable's value is assigned or modified.

I certainly agree, in general. But could this expense be ameliorated by restricting variable timestamps to only global variables and not anything that's localized? It would seem to me that most code that expects to be speed-sensitive would be using local variables and globals would be updated much less often.

I don't particularly need this feature for any of my existing code, but if someone wants to be able to do that, would this not be a reasonable compromise?
Davin Church
 
Posts: 651
Joined: February 24th, 2007, 1:46 am

Return to APL64 Project

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests

cron