Out of interest, I added a test which used combine and filter. It took around 3 times longer than the other two tests.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Mike Bonner wrote: > > I wonder how easy it would be to add an option to arrayencode. It already >> flattens an array nicely, but not in a searchable way. It would be cool to >> add an optional argument that still flattens, but doesn't encode. The >> code >> to traverse the array is already there, with an option to leave the data >> and keys readable, it would then make an interesting batch of searchable >> text. Just glancing at an encoded array, it looks relatively >> comprehensible. >> > > Relatively. Lots of binary stuff there, though - it's relatively slow for > the engine to recompose into an array, and no doubt much slower to attempt > to do in script. > > May not be much of a need, though, since traversing arrays with what we > have is pretty fast - from my earlier email: > > go url "http://fourthworld.net/lc/array_access_speeds.livecode"; > > > One issue would be the unordered way arrays are stored. (making >> arrayencoded arrays come out different despite identical data, as per the >> dictionary page) >> > > That's a function of the hashing used for any associative array. Not much > can be done about that for strings, though there's been some talk of adding > numerically indexed arrays for those who need only sequential integers as > keys and need to maintain order. > > But in the meantime the sort command is pretty handy. :) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
