On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 06:21:49PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Angus> I plead great ignorance. how efficient is crc? Would there not > Angus> be a big performance penalty if I used lyx::sum(file) every > Angus> time I poled the file? (Every couple of seconds...) > > It is as efficient as possible :) I know it uses mmap when relevant. > Now, I can't tell the time it takes on a 50M image file...
Bu checking the contents might be overkill for Angus' purpose... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)
