From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id IAA18253; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:22:02 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA17819 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:22:01 +0100 (MET) Received: from swordfish ([216.241.35.41]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gBR7LxH28810 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:22:00 +0100 (MET) Received: from matt by swordfish with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Roob-0001Ph-00 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:21:53 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:21:53 -0700 From: Matt Gushee To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Cross-platform DBM equivalent? Message-ID: <20021227072153.GC608@swordfish> Reply-To: Matt Gushee Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@inria.fr References: <20021226100537.GD1071@swordfish> <200212261650.RAA04279@pauillac.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212261650.RAA04279@pauillac.inria.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 05:50:26PM +0100, Pierre Weis wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 09:39:33AM +0100, Alessandro Baretta wrote: > > > > > > >I am developing an application that needs fast access to persistent > > > >configuration data, and I thought that DBM might be a good way to > > > >provide that functionality ... > > As far as I know the best (and simpler) way to do this for reasonable > number of URLs bindings (say thousands but not millions) is to create > a Hashtlbl.t or Map.t and dump it to file using output_value (then > read it back with input_value). In any case, I would start with this > solution, since it provides cross-platform persistency with 4 lines of > Caml code. A fast and easy way to obtain fast and good results! That sounds good. I'll try it. Thank you very much for the suggestion! -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners