[PD] Number box and CPU load

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Mika Ristimäki hat gesagt: // Mika Ristimäki wrote:

> I have a one quick question about number boxes and how they effect CPU  
> load. I use number boxes quite a lot for debugging and sometimes I  
> forget to remove them from the final patch or abstraction. So I was  
> wondering do the number boxes cause significant CPU usage even when  
> they are not visible? For example when the abstraction window with the  
> number boxes is closed?

Even invisble numberboxes are terrible for performance so avoid them
(until this is fixed). Also avoid [bng], sliders and every other GUI
object unless you need them visible.

Attached is a benchmark comparing number boxes with float-objects.

Ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                                     _ ______footils.org__
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