[REBOL] Re: How to improve request-file ?
From: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 23-Jan-2002 9:19
Petr Krenzelok wrote:
> 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 ...
>
Good point, I was really trying to test only the splitting portion. According to the
following test, it is actually in the single millisecond range.
>> blk: read %.
== [%cgi-scan.r %REBOL.lnk %win.r %bin-clean.r %Factory Fire/ %xo/ %Internet
Explorer.lnk %temp/ %Tune.sfa %tune.txt %user-list...
>> t: now/time loop 1000 [dir-split blk] now/time - t
== 0:00:01
> 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-
I would'nt mind seeing split-dir as part of file orientated module--whenever RT gets
around to adding support for modules. I am also reluctant to add more functions to
/Core.
Take care,
--Ryan