Hi Thierry,
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Thierry Goubier <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just wondering.
>
> Would it work to have a package format based on Fuel?
>
It doesn't have to be based on Fuel. Monticello .mcz's are just zips that
contain any number of files:
Archive: trunkpackages/Kernel.spur-eem.866.mcz
Length Date Time Name
-------- ---- ---- ----
15 08-07-14 09:12 package
294780 08-07-14 09:12 version
1370995 08-07-14 09:12 snapshot/source.st
1442870 08-07-14 09:12 snapshot.bin
-------- -------
3108660 4 files
Right now package and version are juts textual, and you've been complaining
about the parsing speed. It would be easy to extend the package to include
e.g. version.fuel. It is also a huge advantage to keep both the .bin (a
not-as-fast binary loading format similar in use to Fuel but more
primitive) along side the source code, because the source can be extracted
without a running system, and can be compiled if, for some reason, binary
loading fails. So instead of changing the format you could simply augment
it with a snapshot.fuel, modifying the writer to include it, and modify the
reader to use the .fuel if it exists.
Would that make loading faster?
>
Yes. But not hugely because the .bin already loads faster than the .st.
You might do some profiling?
> Does it already exist?
>
Much of what you need is there. Use the Pharo, Luke.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thierry
>
--
best,
Eliot
