03-30-2011, 06:31 PM
Darkstar Wrote:Not exactly: the code that computes the FOR upper limit expression is the same (regardless its static or dynamic calculated on each iteration). The difference is that once it's used it's discarded (dynamic) or must be stored to be reused later (static). Other than that, there's no difference. I was to implement that anyway (there's another thread in this forum asking for that), but leaving the possibility to use a dynamic for if one wants. I meant: can't see why we must enforce dynamic removal once static is the default behaviour.boriel Wrote:Implementing dynamic is much easier (it's already done) and saves memory comparing to static. Static might be faster sometimes (eg. when using expressions), and take twice the memory for each iterator variable. I think leaving it alone should be ok (since almost no one will be using it). FOR is currently "dynamic" and has not caused much trouble when porting original Sinclair BASIC programs.If you use expressions then you already have to use an extra variable (double the amount)
In fact FOR loops are expensive in much ways (code, speed, etc). While and DO...LOOP are much faster and simpler.