Digit Span, increasing time delay in routine start as digit sequences get longer

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URL of experiment: https://gitlab.pavlovia.org/Francesco_Cabiddu/digitspandemo

Description of the problem: Hi, I have modified this Digit Span task https://gitlab.pavlovia.org/demos/digit-span-task because it would not go beyond the first couple of block iterations on Pavlovia.
I managed to create a version of the digit span that works, but I have one last problem. As the sequences get longer (e.g., 234, 4566, 56322), the time taken by Pavlovia to start a new digitsTrial routine increases. I tried to debug this in many ways but unsuccessfully.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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Hey Francenso,

My hunch is that it’s because you’re constructing new TextStim’s inside of the loop. If there is way to construct them in advance (and also create a little new Stimuli as possible), I think that could solve it.

Best, Thomas