Esteban, Could you explain line 8 ? why did you use a Base64MimeConverter? thanks.
line 8: stream nextPutAll: 'ZnBase64Encoder '; nextPutAll: [ (Base64MimeConverter mimeEncode: ba readStream multiLine: false) ] bench printString; cr. On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2015-10-29 15:21 GMT-03:00 Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com>: > >> >>> Option A) The printString of ByteArray, it is #[23 12 253 ...] > >> > >> >>> Option B) A Base64 encoded version of the ByteArray > > > > > > I like this one, because it is not Pharo-specific format. ByteArray is > not > > pharo-specific, but the syntax is --- I can copy paste base64 from/to > > outside world. > > Plus base64 has better tool support in the wild. > > I also prefer base64 even over native binary storage. > > I ran a small comparison[1] of speed and size and these were my results. > > ByteArray size: 19448860 > > Speed: > Base64MimeConverter: ''0.592 per second'' > #hex: ''0.666 per second'' > #asString: ''6.898 per second'' > ZnBase64Encoder ''0.459 per second'' > > Size: > Base64MimeConverter: 26291980 > #hex: 38897720 > #asString: 19448860 > ZnBase64Encoder 25931816 > > Esteban A. Maringolo > > [1]: http://ws.stfx.eu/47PV2GUP9ITS > > -- Bernardo E.C. Sent from a cheap desktop computer in South America.
