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Document the upsides and downsides of packed arrays versus typed arrays
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Rémi Verschelde
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</brief_description>
<description>
An array specifically designed to hold [Vector2]. Packs data tightly, so it saves memory for large array sizes.
[b]Differences between packed arrays, typed arrays, and untyped arrays:[/b] Packed arrays are generally faster to iterate on and modify compared to a typed array of the same type (e.g. [PackedVector3Array] versus [code]Array[Vector2][/code]). Also, packed arrays consume less memory. As a downside, packed arrays are less flexible as they don't offer as many convenience methods such as [method Array.map]. Typed arrays are in turn faster to iterate on and modify than untyped arrays.
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<tutorials>
<link title="2D Navigation Astar Demo">https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/519</link>