What's the difference between “broadcast and wait” and “custom blocks” other than the fact that broadcast allows asynchronously run scripts across multiple sprites?

marsmark wrote:

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What's the difference between “broadcast and wait” and “custom blocks” other than the fact that broadcast allows asynchronously run scripts across multiple sprites?

broadcast's can send data to other spite's but can only have a name while custom blocks allow you the add more than a label

There are a few differences:

• Custom blocks allow passing parameters, while broadcasts can only use global variables (which is mostly important for the next point)
  
• Custom blocks are recursive (a block can call itself), while broadcasts only support tail recursion (basically broadcasting itself only after all other stuff has been done)
  
• Custom blocks support running without screen refresh, while broadcasts don't
  

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jvvg wrote:

• Custom blocks are recursive (a block can call itself), while broadcasts only support tail recursion (basically broadcasting itself only after all other stuff has been done)
  

thanks, I think this is the answer I'm looking for.

jvvg wrote:

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There are a few differences:

• Custom blocks allow passing parameters, while broadcasts can only use global variables (which is mostly important for the next point)
  
• Custom blocks are recursive (a block can call itself), while broadcasts only support tail recursion (basically broadcasting itself only after all other stuff has been done)
  
• Custom blocks support running without screen refresh, while broadcasts don't
  

Also, custom blocks run immediately (and can run within a single frame) while broadcasts are either asynchronous or always wait for at least one frame.