From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85247BB83 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:25:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7ENPuxC011825 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:25:56 +0200 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 BAA22066 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:25:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mz2.forethought.net (mzpi4.forethought.net [216.241.36.13]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7ENPqkK005883 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:25:54 +0200 Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=[10.0.0.2]) by mz2.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GCloa-0005ms-QH for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:25:49 -0600 Message-ID: <44E10685.8070403@gushee.net> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:25:57 -0600 From: Matt Gushee User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060729) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Weak hashtables & aggressive caching References: <44E08F95.2070105@gushee.net> <20060814154749.GA25793@furbychan.cocan.org> <44E0A4B7.8070009@gushee.net> <20060814181836.GA23782@furbychan.cocan.org> In-Reply-To: <20060814181836.GA23782@furbychan.cocan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44E10684.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44E10681.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; hashtables:01 caching:01 gdk:01 gdk:01 2006:98 2.0:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 api:01 weak:04 unlikely:04 converted:04 images:94 images:94 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Richard Jones wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:28:39AM -0600, Matt Gushee wrote: >> Wait a minute, though. According to the Gdk reference manual, >> >> >> Pixbufs are client-side images. > > Ah right, pixbufs, pixmaps ... In that case why bother preloading > them at all? Well, maybe I shouldn't. That's why I asked if it was worth the effort. > eog is flagrant with regards to pixmaps because the > developers believe it allows them to display images quickly (the > images are already on the X server, converted from JPEGs into raw > pixels). In this age of fast CPUs and slow RAM this is unlikely to be > the case. Thanks for your insights. -- Matt Gushee : Bantam - lightweight file manager : matt.gushee.net/software/bantam/ : : RASCL's A Simple Configuration Language : matt.gushee.net/rascl/ :