>> of the other fields. I don't see the point. If I add >> an extra byte to force the *record length at 16*, then I >> will have anyway an extra byte that is actually wasted. So >> there is no point to 'compress' that byte to 1 bit. >> >> >> >> Inserting that extra byte will eat some memory because I >> have to load *LOTS of those arrays *in memory so the memory >> lost is substantial (length of the *array is about >> 10000-40000 records*). I will see later if the speed is >> more important than memory size. >> > > 40kb even my first computer had 55k > 40k is trivial and Windows memory management means that 40ks > are lost everywhere > Space forgone for the video card is greater than the memory > in my win3.1 box > > hth > lots of arrays = 2 up to 2000 arrays 1 array = 10000 up to 40000 records 1 record = 16 bytes
Shall we do the math again? :) > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
