end
When you pass a large string variable as the argument to a handler, Lingo has to
make a copy of the string variable which can really slow things down. If it is a very
large string and you don't have enough memory to make the copy, Director might
even crash. In such a case it is faster to store the large string in a global and let the
handler operate directly on the global. If you are familiar with behaviors, you can
accomplish the same thing by storing the string once as a property variable that you
reference from the behavior's handlers.
on oneMethod findString,hugeSearchString
if FindFirst(hugeSearchString,findString) > 0 then
return TRUE
else
return FALSE
end if
end
on fasterSaferMethod findString
global hugeSearchString
if FindFirst(hugeSearchString,findString) > 0 then
return TRUE
else
return FALSE
end if
end
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