fastest way to get results from scripted op onto shapes.

[Sam Hodge <sam.hodge(at)rsp.com.au>]

Hi Guys,

I have produced a scripted op that from an input of 7 sliders outputs 
the following info, 7 integers and 7 floats.

It runs very quickly from my tests in python it updates at a rate of 600fps.

The problem is connecting it up to control the scene.

The integer represent the position in a very long array (2187 long), and 
the float represents the value of that position in the array, all other 
values in the array are zero.

So I can explode this out to an array of 2180 zeros and 7 non zero 
floats, but it seems wasteful.

or I can do what im doing now and use a conditional expression 
<expression>cond(obj.parm.index0 == 17, obj.parm.value0,0)</expression>

but this means that a few hundred params will be looking at the result 
of the 7 integers, to see how the expression is evaluated.

in the long run the value of the float will control a shape in the mixer.


So here are my questions:

What is the most efficient data structure that can hold 2187 floats, 
that is accessible through an expression?

Can you instantiate scripted ops so the same code is evalated on the few 
hundred shapes,  overcoming the need to used an expression for each shape

Sam

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