[REBOL] Re: How to improve request-file ?
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 23-Jan-2002 6:00
Ryan Cole wrote:
> >
> > load/dir %. - [[dir1/ dir/2 dir/3] [file1 file2 .... fileX]]
>
> Dont let that stop anybody. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
> dir-split: func [contents [block!] /local blk][
> blk: copy/deep [[] []]
> foreach name contents [append either #"/" = last name [blk/1] [blk/2] name]
>
> return blk
> ]
>
> How fast?
>
> >> t: now/time loop 1000 [dir-split read %.] now/time - t
> == 0:00:04
> >> length? read %.
> == 79
> >>
>
> Thats was running on a 450 Mhz box, but still a blink of an eye even on a 100
> Mhz box.
>
Hmm, then maybe I was confused because of load/read time itself. I tried some > 700
file directory on our network. Now it seems to me that 'foreach loop is only a
fraction of total dir load time .... thanks a lot ...
btw: I would welcome functions like split-dir (we have already split-path), clone
(deep copied objects, non shared sub-objects) becoming mezzanine level functions default
for everybody ...
-pekr-
