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Re: MLDBM vs Storable

by Aristotle (Chancellor)
on Feb 21, 2006 at 07:44 UTC ( [id://531638]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to MLDBM vs Storable

There is no particular problem with the way you’re doing this.

MLDBM is worthwhile when the hash is huge; then it allows you to leave most data on disk and only pick up as much as you need in the moment. This means reduced waste in I/O, time spent on de-seriliasing data, and memory to hold it. But if you can afford to slurp all of the data, there is little reason not to; since MLDBM sits atop Storable (or atop Data::Dumper, which is slower) plus a DBM hash module, it certainly can’t be any faster than Storable alone if you’re only ever processing a small amount of data.

So from your question as is, I don’t see much reason for you to change your approach.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re^2: MLDBM vs Storable
by oakbox (Chaplain) on Feb 21, 2006 at 11:46 UTC
    Thanks Aristotle. I just wanted to make sure that my (to me) obvious solution was not silly. I'll stick with Storable until the translation file gets big.

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