>>>>Question was about run time.
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>>>If the question is only for run time, no, there is no particular gain in having the mdot on the left side.
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>>Nope, there is a particular gain: in ns or ms needed to finish the program. The MDot on left side of assignments adds time needed to finish, albeit a minimal span. So anyone wishing to spare the CPU unneeded heat should delete those in runtime (for me, reading speed of such code is also markedly improved, as any dot on left side of assignment defaults into objects)
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>>>It's as useless as tabs and spaces on the left side of a statement. You can safely get rid of these, too. ;)
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>>Nope. Those carry no penalty in runtime. MDot on left does.
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>>regards
>>thomas
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>Err... I'm not quite following you, Thomas. I said "there is no particular gain in having the mdot on the left side", then you say there is, and proceed to explain that the gain is in not using it?

Sorry, was an attempt at weak sarcasm on embolded word choice - it is a "gain" in the particular sense of a sprinter viewing "gaining" a few KG of pure fat tissue - with the fat "gains" he probably "gains" in the sense of "adds or "needs" more seconds running from start to finish , but his wish is not to gain, but to lose those particular seconds ;-)