Am Sonntag 07 Dezember 2003 21:33 schrieb Konstantin Knizhnik: > Hello Volker, > > The problem is that I want to be able to store in database ANY object. > So, if I correctly understand you, the only possible solution in this > case is create string with definition of the object "make object! ..." > and then evaluate this string using "do". > It seems to me that performance of such solution will be awful. > > Ok, then alternative is to require persistent object to contain "class:" > attribute which specifies prototype object. In this case I database do not > need to store/load methods. It will use prototype object for creation of > loaded instances. And one more question: I find out no way to locate object > by string except using "do". Is it the only possible solution and how > expensive it is? If it is really the only possible way to > locate the object by name and it is not very fast, then I will use > hash table to keep name->object mapping.
You mean to find the prototype-object? do a-word should be very fast. a word is kind if string hashed by the global context. about [to-word string] i am not sure, but should be fast. because it is done all the time by 'load, so optimized. But hashs are very fast to. so i am interested in a benchmark :) Also with hashes you have more control about naming of prototypes. Otherwise if your code does not contain a prototype, but accidentally a function with the prototype-name exists, [do to-word string] is a bad idea. there is a way to put all proto-objects in a context, like protos: context[proto1: ...] do in protos to-string word [in protos something] returns none if the word does not exist IIRC. But a hash is as good a solution. for benchmarking: findme: context[] t1: now/precise loop 1'000'000[ do to word! "findme" ] difference now/precise t1 == 0:00:05.166109 (with (to-word instead) of[to word!] == 0:00:06.617021) protos: to-hash reduce["findme" context[]] t1: now/precise loop 1'000'000[ select protos "findme" ] difference now/precise t1 == 0:00:04.995347 on p350. Hash wins, but very close. > > Thanks in advance > Konstantin > HTH :) -Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
