At 02:07 PM 6/12/2001 -0500, David L. Nicol wrote:
>Dan Sugalski wrote:
>
> > I'm still trying to formulate a good set of rules on how I think active
> > data should perform under optimization to pass on to Larry.
> >
>
>How about, Active data doesn't get optimized. Static data doesn't
>care if you access ir or not, and most data is static, is not
>burdened with "magic" that makes it send home a post card every time
>someone looks at it.
That's less easy than you might think. Quick:
$foo = bar();
is $bar active or not? Or:
my $foo;
if ($bar) {
tie $foo, Bar;
}
how about then?
This is a considerably less simple problem than you (and *definitely* I)
might like. :(
Dan
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