Sleepycat Software writes:
> Hi, my name is Amy Adams and I'm the Berkeley DB Product Manager for
> Sleepycat Software.
Thanks for the feedback.
> misinterpreted "prefix compression" -- it is sort of counterintuitive, as
> it compresses (or rather ignores) identical -suffixes-, not prefixes.
I was completely misleaded, indeed. I suggest that you change/add the
documentation to reflect that. It currently contains:
>If bt_prefix is NULL, and no key comparison function is specified, a default lexical
>comparison function is used for prefix compression. If bt_prefix is NULL and a key
>comparison function is specified, no prefix compression is done. It is an error to
>specify a
>prefix compression function without also specifying a key comparison function.
Changing prefix compression by suffix compression is (IMHO) a minimum.
Adding an explanation similar to the one you just send me would be even
better.
Thanks again,
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