Using m.var *is* faster than var by itself. I don't recall why, but it has something to do with losing cycles trying to figure out if var = memvar, fields, whoozit, whatzit, et al. By using "m.", the var is immediately identified as a memvar.


>Ken
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>Reputable people report that use of m. nomenclature on the right side of variable assignment is far faster in VFP7 than m.-less syntax.
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>I.e.
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>myvar=m.lcMyOtherVar
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>is much faster than
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>myvar=lcMyOtherVar
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>The difference is not that using m. is now faster; the difference is that NOT using m. is much slower than it used to be with VFP6.
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>Those of us who deliberately changed to hungarian notation seem to be disadvantaged.
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>Why has this happened? Is there a new feature/benefit that causes this as a side effect?
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>Regards
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>JR