Basically, STON walks the graph noting each object it sees. When it encounters the same object again, it outputs a reference. Object equality is of course #==
References are integers, indexes into the list of objects seen, ordered by walking depth first. Sven > On 2 Nov 2016, at 19:14, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A question I was meaning to ask, how efficient is STON at storing references > , lets say I have an object that has instance variables that references > another object and that object has a instance variable that references > another object etc. Where exactly STON stops , or are there any limitations > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 7:58 PM Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas > <offray.l...@mutabit.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using STON for my Grafoscopio[1][2] project with pretty good results. > It's flexible, readable and well supported and document. Better that JSON! > Pretty recommended. > > [1] http://mutabit.com/grafoscopio/index.en.html > [2] http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Offray/Grafoscopio > Cheers, > Offray > > On 02/11/16 12:50, sergio ruiz wrote: >> The funny thing about STON is that, as a professional developer, I am so >> used to the whole world being a “hey, look! we have this too!!” world, that >> I never looked into it at all.. >> >> I should have knows that that Pharo/Smalltalk community would, instead of >> “me too” would say.. “look, here’s a cleaner, simpler, and more flexible way >> to do the thing..” >> >> thanks, pharo/smalltalk community for being simple/flexible/clean ! >> >> On November 2, 2016 at 1:45:07 PM, Johan Fabry (jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl) wrote: >> >>> The book also talks about other storage mechanisms, see >>> http://files.pharo.org/books/enterprise-pharo/ >>> >>> HTH, >>> >> ---- >> peace, >> sergio >> photographer, journalist, visionary >> >> Public Key: http://bit.ly/29z9fG0 >> #BitMessage BM-NBaswViL21xqgg9STRJjaJaUoyiNe2dV >> http://www.Village-Buzz.com >> http://www.ThoseOptimizeGuys.com >> http://www.coffee-black.com >> http://www.painlessfrugality.com >> http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 >> http://www.facebook.com/sergio101 >
