Faster alternatives to isKindOf?

[madrussian 347]

So... I have an array of obj types, and I want to remove all elements for which the obj type is a man.

 

For my particular application (building path-finder), this bit of code needs to be fully optimized.  In other words, every little nano-second counts!  My code currently looks something like this:

_objTypes = _objTypes select {
    ! ((typeOf _x) isKindOf "Man")
};

Any way to make this run much faster?  Specifically with any of the newer A3 scripting commands?

 

(Btw - Seems most soldier types have a lengthy parent hierarchy, so that's what got me thinking so hard on this.)  Thanks!

 

[Dedmen 2653]

besides caching the isKindOf result, which I'm not sure if its faster. No.

[Tankbuster 1740]

Iskindof is pretty damn fast. You aren't going to optimise that line of code any more.

[gc8 977]

can't you use:

 

_x isKindOf "Man"

 

instead

[madrussian 347]

@gc8 Correct, good catch.

 

Thanks guys, ok isKindOf it is then!

[Tankbuster 1740]

He wants all objects that aren't man.

[madrussian 347]

1 hour ago, Tankbuster said:

He wants all objects that aren't man.

 

I think @gc8 was pointing out that I could potentially optimize that code slightly by losing the typeOf command.  As in, isKindOf will take a string or an obj (as 1st parameter).  So if I had an array of objs (instead of types), the code might look something like:

_objs = _objs select {
    ! (_x isKindOf "Man")
};

 

Edit:

And actually my original code (where I had obj types) wasn't quite right, should be:

_objTypes = _objTypes select {
    ! (_x isKindOf "Man")
};