Matthew D Moss wrote: > > The enviroment overall is "tight" and you need to be > > very selective over memory and CPU use. As heard at > > last PalmSource, "In a way, we are back to the glory > > days of DOS coding before Windows 3.0 where you weren't > > enslaved by a Protected Mode Manager." > > Heh heh... Protected mode, what's that? > > More seriously, I'd like to get some folks opinions on the first statement > quoted above, regarding tight resources. Specifically, in how it applies to > dynamically sized containers (ie, STL-like containers such as vector or > list, or others for that matter). Thanks for the comment on my quote. I mostly come from an embedded system background so I actually feel lots of space here in the Palm enviroment. Coming from Windows is when you see the walls closing in. > > Rather, just wanted to start a discussion on speed and memory issues when > dealing with dynamic containers. I'd appreciate hearing from others on your > comments to the above and/or what problems you've experienced in your own > coding. I have found a successful scheme has been to have the OS do as much of the work as possible. There are facilities in database API where you can register a sorting callback function. Have you tried this option? Steve -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palm.com/devzone/mailinglists.html
