[Dynapi-Dev] Speed fix

[Pascal B. <pa...@dy...>]

I did another try to make the api faster.. It seems that the setClip()
method was the biggest slowdown, so I modified it slightly:

DynLayer.prototype.setClip=function(clip) {
	if (!this.created) {
		this.clip=clip
		return
	}
//	var cc=this.getClip()		// <- not really needed..
//	for (var i in clip) if (clip[i]==null) clip[i]=cc[i] // <- same here
	var c=this.css.clip
	if (is.ns4) {
		c.top=clip[0]||0			// <- use hard-coded default values, also in IS/NS5
line below
		c.right=clip[1]||this.w
		c.bottom=clip[2]||this.h
		c.left=clip[3]||0
	}
	else if (is.ie || is.ns5) this.css.clip="rect("+(clip[0]||0)+"px
"+(clip[1]||this.w)+"px "+(clip[2]||this.h)+"px "+(clip[3]||0)+"px)"
}

Please test and see if your code initialises a little faster (slower
machines
should have better results)

This setClip() might not be as accurate as the previous one, because I'm
skipping
the getClip() method completely, and simply use the defined width and height
values as
default (instead of any other values).. this shouldn't be a problem because
setClip
is always called with all 4 parameters specified (atleast from within the
DynAPI itself)
Which brings up the question: is there a need for default values? why not
make it so that
setClip() ALWAYS needs an array of 4 elements, saves a few other checks and
speeds things up
a bit more (talking about milli-milliseconds here :)

Let me know if nothing breakes, and if it actually makes a difference in
speed.

Pascal Bestebroer
pa...@dy...
http://www.dynamic-core.net