Libraries - if multiple usages - pull them into main interface dir?

[shiv]

Hey all,

quick question - if you have a few addons that use the same library.. Ace for instance.. is it more efficient (ram / cpu) to pull that lib. into the interface folder, or to keep each instance of it in the lib folder of each specific addon?

thanks!

Shiv

[Treebar]

you would have to download the standalone version of the library and put it in the AddOns folder

if you have more addons sharing the same library you will speed up your loading times if you use the standalone library and remove all instances of the embedded library, there will be no difference other than the loading times though

more info available at wowace.com

[shiv]

awesome - that's what i needed to know.

i've already extracted them all and put them in the addons folder.
everything works great so i'm good to go then!

Thanks.

[Shirik]

Loading times, yes. But you won't use up any extra memory. What happens is you get something like this:

In one addon...

-- Library.lua
function someFunc()
   -- Do stuff
end

And in another addon...

-- Library.lua
function someFunc()
   -- Do stuff
end

So merely the second one overwrites the first. Since they're the same, there's no effect. The thing is, though, you still have to read the file and write the data to memory, so the load time is affected. But other than that, the worst thing that could happen is a bit of (potentially noticable) memory churn that would later be picked up by the GC.

[aastarius]

These days I use the "pull the libraries" method so that I only have one of each available.

Best way of doing this is to download the !!!standAloneLibraries and via the WoWAceUpdater update it WITH externals. Then for all other installed addons, update them WITHOUT externals. Works a treat for me and has eliminated the little niggles that used to occur when versions within the individual addons were not quite the same and "occasionally" caused issues with each other.