[Pythoncard-users] Why so slow?

[<kc1...@ya...>]

Hi list,

I have a need to set up a selection list and I am
using a simple statement like:

self.components.cbxMyComboBox.items=items

where items is a list of selection items.

The problem is that when the size of items gets to be
very large (like 10000), it takes *forever* to run. 
However, a non-pythoncard type assign takes no time at
all (like abc_list = items).

I am assuming that Pythoncard needs to actually *copy*
the list whereas the simple assignment is only an
address assignment (alas pointer).

Is there anyway to improve the performance?

Regards,


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John Henry