Functional Global - While/For Loop

[lordsathish]

Hi Ppl,

I recently came across a functional global implemented with a for loop wired with a 1 to the count terminal. I have been moslty using the while loop wired with a TRUE, and some times using the Feed back nodes for implementing the functional globals. Are there any performance improvements for functiosnla globals while using For Loops ?

Thanks,

Sathish

[Yamaeda]

It's a matter of taste. It shouldn't be any difference in performance. When writing text based programs i much prefer for-loops to while. 🙂

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[yenknip]

I remember reading (I can't find the link) that a for loop is slightly more efficient than a while loop for a FGV, because the compiler knows the for loop termination criteria before it runs, and so is able to reserve any resources which may be required. As opposed to a while loop which evaluates its termination after the loop has run each iteration, and needs to request resources on the fly.

Although I was always under the impresion that a for loop gets converted to a while loop by the pre-comp.

[ABCPrograms]

I think for developement reason it's better to use a while loop, cause it's more flexible.

Regards,

Bjorn