[opensource-dev] Question regarding llSetLinkPimitiveParamsFast() function in 1.38.0

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2010-03-07, at 08:39, Obsidian Kindragon wrote:
> I've a quick question regarding the new llSetLinkPimitiveParamsFast()
> function in 1.38.0. Why did LL opt for a new function instead of just
> removing the delay from the current llSetLinkPrimitiveParams()  
> function?

Because code that currently depends on the implicit delay would break.

This is similar to the reason many computers in the '80s had a "turbo"  
switch that throttled you down to 4.77 MHz so you could play games  
that depended on timing loops.

> I can't conceive any case where removing the delay from the current
> function would break any existing content.

Code that wants to do something periodically and uses the delay as a  
timer.

Yes, that's bad code. Doesn't change the fact that it exists.