Thanks Fabio. I'll check it out. Still wondering about the "why" though.

Merry Christmas!


>Hi Jos,
>
>i think Garret have swap the optimization:
>
>

>CLEAR
>
>tt = SECONDS()
>xString = REPLICATE("a",100000)
>? "direct fill",SECONDS()-tt
>
>xString = ""
>tt = SECONDS()
>FOR i=1 TO 100000
>  xString  = m.xString  +"a"
>NEXT
>? "compiler see string = string + ...., then enlarge the heap",SECONDS()-tt
>
>xString = ""
>tt = SECONDS()
>FOR i=1 TO 100000
>  xString  = "" + m.xString  +"a"
>NEXT
>? "compiler copy the string",SECONDS()-tt
>
>
>xString = ""
>tt = SECONDS()
>FOR i=1 TO 100000
>  STORE m.xString  +"a" TO xString
>NEXT
>? "compiler use a intermediate ?? optimization ",SECONDS()-tt
>

>
>Fabio