modified my readiniarray to just be a stub:
 Code:

Function ReadIniArray($file, OPTIONAL $_Section, OPTIONAL $_Key)
 $ReadIniArray = readprofilestring($file,$_Section,$_Key)
EndFunction


and still the processing time hikes in the last one:
 Code:
   91539     312    5523    2074  .\test5.ini
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