Cycling 74 » Topic: How bad are global variables in M4L? should I change them all to "—"? http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-bad-are-global-variables-in-m4l-should-i-change-them-all-to/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:29:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-bad-are-global-variables-in-m4l-should-i-change-them-all-to/#post-62566 <![CDATA[How bad are global variables in M4L? should I change them all to "—"?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-bad-are-global-variables-in-m4l-should-i-change-them-all-to/#post-62566 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:37:38 +0000 basvlk Hi all. I just made a patch that creates a coll with all path Ids and names for tracks, devices, and parameters in a live set: it means that mid-gig I don’t need to query live for these values: they are all read in and stored in a coll as part of setting up.

I can use this coll from many max devices, but as I understand it it is very inefficient and it would be better to use a “–abcd” name which is only shared within one Mm4L device. I could do that, and move all functionality that requires this coll into the same M4L device.

Is that going to make a big difference to the performance?

Thanks!

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