> Hi everybody! > > Do you have any information regarding very large lists (2000 > props, each > value another list with maybe 100 integers)? What about speed > and memory > requirements, stability etc? >
Hello Florian, I have used some large lists in my time. I find it is purely a function of what performance is required from your list access. If speed is was a necessity then I will not use lists but rather a database Xtra. I have used V12 in the past with much success in these situations but others have sung praises for the Valentina Xtra. V12 has yet to fail me though and the speed of access was more than adequate. On the other hand when speed is not an issue I find that using large lists (although slower) have been very stable for me. Memory requirements is purely an issue of RAM. It would take an exceptionally crazy long list before memory became an issue. The only gotcha you need to watch out for is with a long Plist I find there is a bug in which when you hit the TAB key to auto-indent your script while the script window it will insert spaces into your Plist and you will get a "Comma expected" error. This sucks. The work around I would suggest is to put the Plsit into it's own script cast member and return it via a custom handler/method. Something Like the following: on getLongPlist return [#prop: "value",.... etc My very long pList...] end And never ever hit the TAB key while that script window is open. ck [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
