Simplifying

[Nialsh]

Is there any point in simplifying the code you put in before publishing it or does flash do it for you?
example -
unsimplified: x = 4/2
simplified: x = 2
If flash doesn't simplify it, every time the line is run it would have to calculate 4/2, creating a slower runtime - which is what I'm trying to avoid.

Thanks
Neal

[Nialsh]

I decided to write a loop to test it out since nobody here seems to know offhand. It takes the seconds and milliseconds, then runs the line "x = 5+5" a million times, then takes the time again and outputs the difference between the two times.

code:

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my_date = new Date();

secs = my_date.getSeconds();

mils = my_date.getMilliseconds();

for(i = 0;i < 1000000;i ++){

	x = 5+5;

}

my_date = new Date();

if(secs > my_date.getSeconds()){

	secs += 60;

}

trace(my_date.getMilliseconds()-mils+(my_date.getSeconds()-secs)*1000);

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That averaged around 5906 milliseconds to complete.

I changed the "x = 5+5" line to "x = 10" and got an average of 5250 milliseconds.

Then for a control, I ran it again with all the code but that one x= line and got an average around 3910.

So if you take 100-(5250-3910)/(5906-3910)*100 there's about a 32% difference between the simplified and unsimplified versions.

Looks like you can speed up slow programs a little if you simplify your equations.

Neal