On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:37:32 +0100 Martin Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 23 November 2008 09.26:35 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Mattias Gaertner > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:05:43 +0200 > > > For example the lazarus IDE typically holds 50 to 200mb sources in > > > memory. If this would be changed to unicodestring (2 byte per > > > char) then the IDE would need 50 to 200mb more memory. > > > > Ah, and that would probably explain why Martin decided not to > > pre-parse units in MSEide - for things like code complection etc... > > MSEide's memory usage would balloon greatly, compared to Lazarus. > > > MSEide parses the code for code navigation only and on demand. For > creating event handlers and the like the compiled in RTTI will be > used. I decided not to parse the RTL because I wanted to be > independent from the source installation and because I think the task > to do exact parsing of the whole FPC RTL and other libraries is too > difficult and not necessary because RTTI provides sufficient > information. The parser uses 8bit strings, 16bit is used in the code > editor. It is possible to work a whole day with MSEide without > closing a single file and without noticeable loss of speed. MSEGui is fast and makes sophisticated use of the RTTI. I think too, that the internal format of the source editor (visual) does not matter much. But RTTI only contains published classes, does it not? Does MSEGui read ppu files? Mattias _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
