Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> John Darrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I can see two alternative ways to overcome this, but neither are
>> particularly nice:
>>
>> 1. Copy the case locally, write to it, and replace it into the
>> flexifile. This wouldn't be very efficient if we're dealing with
>> very large cases.
>>
>> 2. Introduce some kind of special case for use in flexifiles which
>> allows writing.
>
> 3. Fix the flexifile implementation. This is what I'm doing
> right now. Progress is slow because I have little time, but
> it'll eventually be ready.
>
> The new flexifile has "get case" and "put case" operations for
> reading and writing arbitrary cases.
I guess really that's the same as #1.
I'm not particularly concerned about efficiency of writing to
individual cases. We're talking about interactive editing of a
data sheet, right? It only has to be fast enough that an
interactive user won't notice a delay. That's a pretty loose
requirement.
--
Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff
on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)
-- Linus Torvalds
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