1 2
8 9
Posted: 1/5/2018 3:29 AM
Quote
jlun2
Skilled player (1707)
Joined: 9/17/2009
Posts: 4952
Location: ̶C̶a̶n̶a̶d̶a̶ "Kanatah"
GBA TASer of 2010
Masterjun wrote:
Yes locals are faster. Yes they are faster everywhere. Yet I don't understand your question.
Thanks. I meant I was wondering if something like this makes sense: 
Language: lua
while true do
	local memoryreadbyte = memory.readbyte
	local emuframeadvance = emu.frameadvance
--Using "localized" functions:
	local test = memoryreadbyte(0x0000)
	emuframeadvance()
end
for every single BizHawk function as well.
LLCoolDave wrote:
This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.
Posted: 1/5/2018 2:26 PM
Quote
Masterjun
He/Him
Site Developer, Skilled player (1971)
Joined: 10/12/2010
Posts: 1179
Location: Germany
Exotic platforms TAS of 2020 Speedy TAS of 2018 PC TAS of 2018 Glitchy TAS of 2015 TASer of 2014 SNES TASer of 2014 TAS of 2014 SNES TAS of 2014 Funny TAS of 2014 Glitchy TAS of 2014 TASer of 2013 SNES TASer of 2013 NES TAS of 2013 SNES TAS of 2012 Funny TAS of 2012
Well it certainly doesn't make sense if you redefine the locals in every loop. Define them once before the loop and, yes, calling them will have a speedup of around 5%. However, keep in mind that's like 0.4 microseconds per call, so read the start of the page again: We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. So in reality, you don't want to do this.
Warning: Might glitch to credits I will finish this ACE soon as possible (or will I?)
1 2
8 9