Have you actually tried using Handlefromobject/handletoobject?
Perhaps
doesn't match your opinion on 'serious performance impact'. Maybe it is quick enough for your needs.
Personally, I would get it working and then worry about it later. Maybe the time it takes on this step can be saved somewhere else.
<edit> Done a quick test :
which suggests the performance impact is not too severe.
Perhaps
those commands will have a serious performance impact.
doesn't match your opinion on 'serious performance impact'. Maybe it is quick enough for your needs.
Personally, I would get it working and then worry about it later. Maybe the time it takes on this step can be saved somewhere else.
<edit> Done a quick test :
SuperStrict Type ttest Field x:Int = 5 End Type Local mytest_base:ttest = New ttest Local t1:Int=MilliSecs() For Local loopy:Int= 0 To 10000 Local mytest_handle:Int = HandleFromObject(mytest_base) Local mytest1:ttest = ttest(HandleToObject(mytest_handle)) Next Local t2:Int=MilliSecs() For Local Loopy:Int = 0 To 10000 Local mytest2:ttest = mytest_base Next Local t3:Int = MilliSecs() Print (t2-t1) + " " + (t3-t2)
which suggests the performance impact is not too severe.