A Monday 24 September 2007, Michael Hoffman escrigué:
> Hi Francesc. Thanks for the explanation.
>
> Francesc Altet wrote:
> >> Additionally, what would you think about allowing the user to
> >> specify a depth-first iteration in the walk functions? That is how
> >> I will work around the problem unless you think a fix to this
> >> issue will be forthcoming very soon.
> >
> > Well, unfortunately, and for the reasons I exposed above, I don't
> > think you can significantly accelerate the File.walkNodes() by just
> > doing software improvements.
>
> Perhaps it would still take the same time over the whole file, but I
> think that by doing a depth-first search I can get to the first Leaf
> more quickly.
>
> This is important in two scenarios. First, sometimes I just need to
> get a single array, and it doesn't matter which one. Secondly, it is
> more reassuring to users (and even myself) to be able to print
> progress reports as the file is loading.
Mmm, I don't know if I understand you well, but perhaps using a
combination of File.getNode and File.{iterNodes, listNodes} (or its
Group.{_f_iterNodes, _f_iterNodes} counterparts) could help you avoid
reinventing the wheel?
Cheers,
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