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Dans un courrier daté du 14/12/98 03:03:01 Heure d3iver Pari1 Madrid,
wieringa@xxxxxxxxxx a écrit :

> One thing that has been confusing me for some time is the history of a
>  function and the function storage.  Something I saw on the list a while
>  back which gave me a hint, but I'm having trouble forming a question.
>  
>  
>  Let me start by example.  What exactly is happening in the following
>  function call?
>  
>  	x = MyFunc(a, b, c)[5];
>  
>  When I asked some questions to Omega a couple of months ago, I was led to
>  believe that x would be set to the value that MyFunc generated 5 bars ago -
>  and it was retrieved from storage (i.e. it wasn't re-executed).  I may have
>  worded my question poorly or may have misinterpretted their answer.
>  
>  If that is the case (x is what MyFunc(a, b, c) generated 5 price bars ago),
>  are the values of a, b and c assumed then to have the values they had 5
>  price bars ago?
>  

Yes


>  So what I am envisioning then, is TS executes all of the functions that are
>  referenced by a system or indicator when it moves to a new bar.  The inputs
>  to these functions are the current values of the variables for that price
>  bar.  The function results are stored.  Then the system/indicator code is
>  executed and any reference to a function simply does a lookup (the inputs
>  are disregarded in the case of a reference to a function N bars back).
>  Then TS moves to the next bar, updates the function values again and then
>  executes the code.
>  
>  Is this correct or close?

Yes again.

>  
>  If the function storage for MyFunc is set to simple instead of a series,
>  what happens then?
>  
Best thing to do is to use  a print  log command and see what happens in  both
cases.
Sincerely,

Pierre Orphelin
www.sirtrade.com