mherger wrote: > > Iâm not sure I understand why this is so bad. If someone uses an > older > > version of LMS, theyâll just get the behavior theyâve been getting > for > > years, which is functionally correct, even if it consumes extra space > > and time. > > You're right of course, it wouldn't hurt the plugin. > > > Independently of the MAI question, is there a reason not to put > stable > > IDs in LMS? Would it break anything? > > It might be slightly slower overall. IIRC integers are quicker to look > up than strings. Some claim it's twice as fast. But I haven't hard > evidence.
How about doing the same string -> MD5 -> 60 bit integer trick that is done in DBCache.pm to make the id an integer? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mps's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99537
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