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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:26:32 -0400
From: Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org>
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Subject: Re: Disk-based or db-based associative array -- good or bad?
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> See the thread from Sep/Oct 2002 with subject 'db module'.
> Starts with http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2002/msg01153.html

After skimming this myself, I find that I remember nearly none of the
discussion.  If I miraculously find some time to work on this, should I
just pursue Oliver's original suggestion (store the db handle in u.data)
or take another approach?