OK--this may also be overkill then. Thank you for the analysis. Glen
--- Finn Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Glen Mazza] > > > This sounds like it could be an excellent idea--a > > PropertyRepository (extending, of course, a > > DelmelleRepository (tm) ;) ) could be a very > useful > > tool for FO Tree Building. Prior to creating any > > Property instance for any FO's array, we send the > > specs of the needed property to the > > PropertyRepository, and it gives us either (1) a > > brand-new property instance, or (2) a reference to > an > > already-created one. So, indeed, only one > instance of > > that font-size = "12pt" would need to be created. > > > The amount to be saved will of course depend on the > input, but for > "DocBook: The Definite Guide", the amount is quite > small. So small that > I didn't bothered to do it when I made the > performance patch. > > Here is a break down on the string values that are > parsed into > properties. It is the output from "sort | uniq -c | > sort" so in the > first column is the number of times that a value > occurs. > > > http://bckfnn-modules.sf.net/property-value-breakdown.txt > > The properties that starts with a '.' are the > default values for > subproperties and they can all be reduced to one > occurrence if the > default value for subproperties was cached. > > 'start-ident' and 'line-height=1.2em' both depend on > other properties > and therefore can't be (easily) cached. > > regards, > finn > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
