Delete sprite or not ?

[sbonaime]

Hi,
I am making something like this weather display

For each part of the display, I use one sprite.
What is the "best way" to deal with different sprites ? Do I have to createSprite and deleteSprite each time I draw each one ? Or can I use a "big" sprite to fit all the little parts in it ? Or Can I keep all my sprites unclosed ? I know that a sprite needs (lots of) memory. Do createSprite and deleteSprite take cpu time ?

Thanks

[Bodmer]

The answer depends on the detail in your implementation. If you have lots of RAM available then a full screen Sprite may be possible. It is also possible to re-use a sprite for different areas of the screen. If you are near to memory limits then creating and deleting sprites repeatedly can lead to memory fragmentation.