Hi Tristan
> I got a little deeper look into TiddlyWiki and came to wonder why the storage
> of Tiddlers is implemented the way it is. As I understand it every Tiddler is
> a single <div> which are all stored in the "Tiddler Area". But since every
> Tiddler is a object with its own properties ("created", "author", etc.),
> wouldn't it be a logic decision to keep them as JavaScript objects and store
> everything as a big JSON string in the storage area so we do not need to
> parse it back again?
The serialisation format of tiddlers with the standalone HTML file is indeed as
a bunch of DIVs with custom attributes. The origin of the format was TiddlyWiki
Classic back in 2004 (before JSON was discovered). Technically, it would be
quite easy to change the format to something else, but in general we don’t see
sufficient payback to make it worth the effort, and the inevitable backwards
compatibility problems it would cause.
Having said that, using HTML as the basis for the serialisation format does
provide some interoperability with HTML/XML tooling, which is also sometimes
useful.
Best wishes
Jeremy
>
> My only clue is that there are some performance thoughts which I (with my
> limited JavaScript skills) do not get. Any hint or link would be very much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks guys
> Tristan
>
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