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    EfficientSlashScript
    Version: 1.0.0
    by: Saeris [More]
    Overview

    This extremely simplistic addon caches "/script" (and "/run") evaluations from macros, saving each function as it corresponds to the given script text. This reduces memory and CPU usage. It's not a big difference by any means, but will reduce resource wasting if any of your oft-used macros contain a "/script" line.



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    1.0.0 (Feb 21, 2008):
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    Old 12-17-08, 12:48 AM  
    Saeris
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    Originally posted by Nefarion
    I'm a little concerned that you're withholding the memoized (cached) functions from the garbage collector altogether. Given the limitation on the size of /run commands, I think you're ultimately causing more harm than helping. At the least, you should make your cache a weak table:

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    local l_scriptCache = setmetatable({},{ __mode = 'kv' });
    With that small change, the results will still be cached, but the data won't be withheld from the garbage collector when free collection room is available, so you don't stockpile tons of memory, especially for run-once commands.

    Otherwise, nice idea in theory. I'm just not sure the negligible (non-)benefit is even worth the time to install, even with the fix.
    It only caches scripts from macros (those executed from the MacroEditBox, not the ChatFrameEditBox), which are presumably run rather often (almost surely more than once) since they're being used in actions. So, it's not holding onto entirely useless data most of the time. But I will admit that using a weak table is still a good idea, since that'll keep the function in memory for just long enough to help with the sort of button-spamming that I was targeting in the first place, and then let the GC mow it down afterward.

    Honestly though, I wrote this when I was under the impression that the Lua interpreter/bytecode-compiler wasn't quite as absurdly fast as it is. I remain convinced that this addon offers some benefit for macro button-spammers, but it is undoubtedly minor.
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    Old 12-15-08, 12:52 PM  
    Nefarion
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    I'm a little concerned that you're withholding the memoized (cached) functions from the garbage collector altogether. Given the limitation on the size of /run commands, I think you're ultimately causing more harm than helping. At the least, you should make your cache a weak table:

    Code:
    local l_scriptCache = setmetatable({},{ __mode = 'kv' });
    With that small change, the results will still be cached, but the data won't be withheld from the garbage collector when free collection room is available, so you don't stockpile tons of memory, especially for run-once commands.

    Otherwise, nice idea in theory. I'm just not sure the negligible (non-)benefit is even worth the time to install, even with the fix.
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    Old 05-28-08, 02:59 AM  
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    Originally posted by 0ptical
    Why exactly do you want Donations for this addon?
    I am guessing it is a line he/she posts on all his/her addons. And if you look, this author has a lot of them. Consider the amount of time and effort spent maintaining so many addons.
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    Old 02-21-08, 01:27 PM  
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    This extremely simplistic addon
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