Will sys_free work for big char pointer arrays??
Ex:char * collection[1024];

I want to get it out from the memory.
And what all are the ways to optimize scripts:
1. Fix Memory Leaks
2. Using pointers wherever possible instead of arrays


Thanks

No, because its statically allocated. Only use sys_free where you have used sys_malloc.


Thats not optimization, its bug fixing, cause sooner or later memory leaks will disgracefully end your application.

Arrays are pointers to memory areas. So what is this supposed to do?

Since acknex.exe is an interpreter(or sort of it)

An interpreter takes longer time to calculate the array(More Instructions)
Whereas a pointer wud just be an malloc and done.

From my experience of developing AC Interpreter.

It might be different on a compiled executable becaz indexing,etc of arrays are done while compiling.

I had experimented with a compiled program before
Object Code Comparsion:
temp = a[i];

mov eax, DWORD PTR _i
mov ecx, DWORD PTR _a[eax*4]
mov DWORD PTR _temp, ecx

temp = *p;

mov eax, DWORD PTR _p
mov ecx, DWORD PTR [eax]
mov DWORD PTR _temp, ecx

Compiled Apps make lest difference or no difference but in interpreters arrays and pointers make a lot of difference

Yashas, please give your topics better names! "Suddenly I jump to efficency of coding" does not tell anything about your questions. Furthermore, you do not help others to find information if they are looking for answers to the questions you asked before.

It's not, Lite-C is a compiled language. If you use a static array, the memory of it will be allocated by the system when it loads your binary (or if it's on the heap, it will be just an sub instruction), if you use malloc() or sys_malloc(), the memory will be allocated at the runtime of your program.

Actually what I meant by point 2 is it will slow down the Compile Time.
When I compiled a game and ran game.exe - it shows "compiling...."

Isn't that compiling(..interpreting) when I click the executable??(That's where I meant it wud slow down)

@PadMalcom Sorry ,Will change the title

if you click Run in SED, acknex.exe is compiling your project and will then execute your script or fails
if you publish your project, you will get an already compiled executable, not acknex.exe
this will start about 20-50 times faster than your project as source code with "runtime" compilated code