DP and called .vbs make for slow runtime

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Need advice.
I've built a suite of test cases that operate from a framework of called public sub routines and descriptive programming that uses a variable to pass in the description at runtime.

Test Settings refernces the file of variables :

Example: Variable = Public Const Browser := "Title = Browser"

Action calls a public sub :

navigate()


Browser(Browser).click


ISSUES:
The issue is that to do anything in this method is about 10x slower than simply running the routines within the action.

My theory is that the fact that I am paasing in the variables(that hold the descriptions) to the sub routines at runtime is slowing the automation performance down. I tried using a dictionary object but when the sub routine is called I don't see the that the descriptions are being passed so the code fails. What can I do? I am doing it this way so that rather changing 100's of subroutines I can simply change 1 variable in one file.

Variables <---> 100 Sub routines

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Charles