On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:09 AM, MajorProgamming <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering: isn't using reference properties a waste of space? > Wouldn't it make more sense to store the id (assuming not using > key_name) of the entity. After all, if the Kind is known, one can > easily generate the full key based on that. And with a reference > property it actually stores the _entire_ key (very long!). > > Why? We do waste space to quicken dev time and rapid prototyping. I call it a tradeoff, know ways to easy storage use several halves that view won't react to, making 100 created object 50 and 25 etc, priotitizing security, stability and views top, optimizations last.
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