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    Performance of effects

    Hi

    I plan to extend the usage of the operator IF (and IFT) in one of my extensions by implementing some sort of inverted IF. Thence I want to improve the performance of such things like IF because users of that extension are more likely to use it then. I am looking into manager_effect_35E.lua (so it is also about 3.5e) and see the following function for testing whether some conditions for IF are met: (if you need further information then please ask; but it might be good if you know a bit that file)

    Code:
    function checkConditionalHelper(rActor, sEffect, rTarget, aIgnore)
        if not rActor then
            return false;
        end
        
        local bReturn = false;
        
        for _,v in pairs(DB.getChildren(ActorManager.getCTNode(rActor), "effects")) do
            local nActive = DB.getValue(v, "isactive", 0);
            if nActive ~= 0 and not StringManager.contains(aIgnore, v.getNodeName()) then
                -- Parse each effect label
                local sLabel = DB.getValue(v, "label", "");
                local bTargeted = EffectManager.isTargetedEffect(v);
                local aEffectComps = EffectManager.parseEffect(sLabel);
    
                -- Iterate through each effect component looking for a type match
                local nMatch = 0;
                for kEffectComp, sEffectComp in ipairs(aEffectComps) do
                    local rEffectComp = parseEffectComp(sEffectComp);
                    --Check conditionals
                    if rEffectComp.type == "IF" then
                        if not checkConditional(rActor, v, rEffectComp.remainder, nil, aIgnore) then
                            break;
                        end
                    elseif rEffectComp.type == "IFT" then
                        if not rTarget then
                            break;
                        end
                        if not checkConditional(rTarget, v, rEffectComp.remainder, rActor, aIgnore) then
                            break;
                        end
                    
                    -- Check for match
                    elseif rEffectComp.original:lower() == sEffect then
                        if bTargeted then
                            if EffectManager.isEffectTarget(v, rTarget) then
                                bReturn = true;
                            end
                        else
                            bReturn = true;
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        
        return bReturn;
    end
    Might the following code not be better for the performance? (new things in red)

    Code:
    function checkConditionalHelper(rActor, sEffect, rTarget, aIgnore)
        if not rActor then
            return false;
        end
        
        for _,v in pairs(DB.getChildren(ActorManager.getCTNode(rActor), "effects")) do
            local nActive = DB.getValue(v, "isactive", 0);
            if nActive ~= 0 and not StringManager.contains(aIgnore, v.getNodeName()) then
                -- Parse each effect label
                local sLabel = DB.getValue(v, "label", "");
                local bTargeted = EffectManager.isTargetedEffect(v);
                local aEffectComps = EffectManager.parseEffect(sLabel);
    
                -- Iterate through each effect component looking for a type match
                local nMatch = 0;
                for kEffectComp, sEffectComp in ipairs(aEffectComps) do
                    local rEffectComp = parseEffectComp(sEffectComp);
                    --Check conditionals
                    if rEffectComp.type == "IF" then
                        if not checkConditional(rActor, v, rEffectComp.remainder, nil, aIgnore) then
                            break;
                        end
                    elseif rEffectComp.type == "IFT" then
                        if not rTarget then
                            break;
                        end
                        if not checkConditional(rTarget, v, rEffectComp.remainder, rActor, aIgnore) then
                            break;
                        end
                    
                    -- Check for match
                    elseif rEffectComp.original:lower() == sEffect then
                        if bTargeted then
                            if EffectManager.isEffectTarget(v, rTarget) then
                                return true;
                            end
                        else
                            return true;
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        
        return false;
    end
    As you can see I removed bReturn. When that variable is true then the condition is met, otherwise not. bReturn can only become true in that for loop and in that for loop bReturn can not become false again once it became true. Thus, it should be okay to break the loop with return true. The problem I see is that that for loop goes through all effects; even when it is known that the condition is already met/found it still iterates through the remaining effects. Moreover, when there are other IF effects etc. it starts other functions with other loops although this is not really needed once bReturn became already true.

    Am I right? Or do I miss something really crucial? I did not upload this yet because it is about effects and I am afraid of breaking the effect structure of the users of that extension

    Thanks in advance

    Kelrugem

    PS: A similar argument for the function checkConditional, but I think that there it is less of a problem

  2. #2
    Looks like there is some cleanup that could happen in those functions. These functions have evolved over time. I'll try pushing some updates to Test channel pretty soon to try some changes.

    Regards,
    JPG

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Moon Wizard View Post
    Looks like there is some cleanup that could happen in those functions. These functions have evolved over time. I'll try pushing some updates to Test channel pretty soon to try some changes.

    Regards,
    JPG
    Cool, thank you very much I am looking forward to it

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