Re: CLEAR vs. DEALLOC/ALLOC

[Jon.Paris@xxxxxx]

 >> I'm assuming that the ALLOC/DEALLOC will be faster, since it's not
initializing the array.

But if you do it this way, the result is no different to doing _nothing_
with a fixed memory array (or indeed doing nothing with a dynamic memory
array).  In other words since the content of the memory is not cleared in
either case, why do anything?

One point that hasn't been mentioned is that RESET would probably be the
fastest for a fixed memory array if you need to clear it a number of times
during program execution. It uses a copy of the initial state of the memory
which is "rubber stamped" over the whole area.  I believe that CLEAR works
on a field by field basis but hopefully Barbara can confirm/deny that.



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