On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 03:28:30PM +0100, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote: > For complex forms, the repr(form) signature string used today may grow > quite large. > > An alternative is to use a short signature, e.g. the sha1 checksum > of the same repr string or of some equally unique data. > > Do we actually use the repr string of the form for anything? > It's nice to have in the generated code to see what the code > came from, but that could eventually be replaced with something > more readable. At least if the repr string is stored in a comment in > the generated code instead of in the signature() function, the C++ > compiler can discard it quickly and it won't take up memory in the > final program.
I don't think it is used for anything. It is usually pretty messy. It sounds good to just return the hash in the signature and put the full signature in a comment. -- Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
