Which runs better?

[surreal kite]

I'm deciding whether to do this processing code block as a string of execute commands in a function file, or as a scriptevent and I wanna know which one would run better. I wouldn't be able to use a switch statement if I use the scriptevent.

[hasty wagon]

functions run faster

[spring fossil]

It really depends what you're trying to do. If you're always going to do all of the commands then a function file might be faster. But well written JavaScript can be much faster in many cases

[hasty wagon]

no

mcfunction literally runs faster

before

[surreal kite]

it's pretty much a block that crafts based on sacrifices on it, and each unique sacrifice gives it a special tag to identify the ingredients, and I gotta scan the tags to make the crafting compelte. So i'd use a script event and the hasTag() method

so ig im asking if /execute if entity @e[tag=(tag)] is faster than entity.hasTag("tag")

[lavish spindle]

Read docs try find out

Tbh u porbably wont notice much of a difference

[surreal kite]

"Most things you could do in a function can be done in a script, but not everything because there are some differences. Functions can be faster because you don't need to go to get the disk and load a separate file (the function is already in memory when you call it), and because it runs in the existing process where a separate script will run in a subshell."

[surreal kite]

true but I have had issues where large function files cause massive lag spikes

[surreal kite]

so functions are better bc they get preloaded

but scripts can do more stuff

for what im doing I only need tag scanning