[PD] Store data in memory more efficiently than in arrays

[Roman Haefeli]

Hi

Sometimes I stored byte data (lists of bytes) in arrays. IIRC, I read
once in IRC that one value in a Pd-array requires not 4 bytes, but 8
bytes on 64-bit systems. Since storing plain bytes seems not such an
uncommon use case for me, I wonder if it can be done more efficiently.
Not that I ever hit a memory limit, I'm just curious. With the new
(amazing!) [file] object, dealing with byte lists has become even more
appealing, so the desire to store them in memory increases.


Roman


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