If, at the least, the files was a simple $a_Array, which could be
written using ...
file_put_contents('./index.cache', ,'<?php $a_Index = ' .
var_export($a_Index, True) . '; ?>');
sort of thing, then you could just include it and the index would be
available instantly. No need for file io parsing.
On 30/11/2007, Edward Z. Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I understand this is the least of our worries right now, but I'd like to
> get the indexer cache working so I can get karma for PhD. :-D
>
> The main troubles with serialize is that it 1. wastes space by not
> preserving internal references and 2. requires lots of memory. I recall
> SQLite being proposed as a possible solution, but since the entire index
> is loaded into memory I don't think that's necessary: just as easily
> parseable file format.
>
> So, we have a file, with each id seperated by a newline, and the fields
> seperated by tabs (both of which should never occur in the fields, if
> they do I'll use a control character or something). children is
> collapsed into a list of IDs.
>
> Reassembling is as simple parsing the file line by line, constructing
> the ID array from the fields. Then the children are reconstituted by
> running through $IDs a second time, replacing them with references to
> the appropriate indexes.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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