Call Nil

[Rommel92]

Just wondering, in my script (disablefx.sqf) below, I can't decide whether to use up memory (however small!) with {} or just nil the entire functions. But I know that the event handlers are called from the unit config, so I was wondering, seeing as neither causes an error, which should I use?

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waituntil {!isnil "BIS_Effects_Secondaries"};
BIS_Effects_EH_Fired=nil;
BIS_Effects_EH_Killed=nil;

BIS_Effects_Rifle=nil;
BIS_Effects_Cannon=nil;
BIS_Effects_HeavyCaliber=nil;
BIS_Effects_HeavySniper=nil;
BIS_Effects_Rocket=nil;
BIS_Effects_SmokeShell=nil;
BIS_Effects_SmokeLauncher=nil;
BIS_Effects_Flares=nil;

BIS_Effects_Burn=nil;
BIS_Effects_AircraftVapour=nil;
BIS_Effects_AirDestruction=nil;
BIS_Effects_AirDestructionStage2=nil;
BIS_Effects_Secondaries=nil;
BIS_Effects_RocketTrail=nil;

[Mandoble]

Well, there is a difference. If you use Nil, then the variable or function is deleted, if you use = {}, then it is not deleted, it simply has no code inside. So, if something checks the existance of a function to call it, with Nil it will detect the function doesnt exist and will do nothing, with {} the function exists, so the calling process might try to execute it and the results will never be the expected ones.