Re: Cost of String Comparisons??

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

sohyl siddiqui wrote:
> if BOTA_STATE == "ATTACK" then
>     --blah blah
> elseif BOTA_STATE == ""RUN" then
>     --blah blah
> etc etc.....

Also... if you're sure that these sections of code are
taking too much time, and your if...elseif...elseif... chains
are quite long, then it's probably faster to use a Lua-style
hashed switch.  Something like:

bot_state_actions = {
  ATTACK = function(bot)
              -- attacky stuff
           end;
  RUN = function(bot)
              -- runny stuff
           end;
  SLEEP = function(bot)
              -- sleepy stuff
           end;
  NOSEPICK = function(bot)
              -- nose-picking stuff
           end;
}

function bot_tick(bot, state)
   bot_state_actions[state](bot);
end

...

bot_tick(BOTA, BOTA_STATE);
bot_tick(BOTB, BOTB_STATE);
bot_tick(BOTC, BOTC_STATE);

--Adam