There may be a better answer for this, but JSON is actually more rigidly structured than standard JavaScript. So, it makes sense to me that a more specialized parser would need more memory than just sending JavaScript code to the VM.
-- Joshua Gross Christian / SpanDeX, Inc. / BA Candidate of Computer Science, UW-Madison 2013 414-377-1041 / http://www.joshisgross.com On Aug 4, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Kei Son <hey.calmd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a huge JSON file, right, it's 78MB. > When I just require it from node-cli it takes 450MB memory footprint. I can > understand that is bloated 6x times because the JSON file is just a string > in the storage, but it needs spaces for indexing, making some padding, > optimization, linking and whatever else when it comes on memory. > > But the other hand, when I add some strings like "module.exports=" at the top > of the JSON file and require it as a normal js file, it takes only 200MB. I > thought requiring as JSON would be faster and smaller than as JS. Because > there are no seeking time for code-optimization and no extra process at the > Node.js side. > > What's different between two and why? > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
