[Zope] Re: BTreeFolder

Magnus Heino magnus.heino@pleon.sigma.se
Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:35:37 +0200


>>> The newest code stores *all* subobject data in BTrees; no more giant
>>> tuple.  That giant tuple turned out to be a bit of a problem for very
>>> large folders, since every time you add or remove an item, a new
>>> multi-megabyte pickle is generated, transferred, and appended to a file.
>>>   That problem is gone now.  The newest code also features unit tests,
>>> a CMF-friendly version, conflict prevention, and a unique ID generation
>>> utility.
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>> Would you consider the code suitable for production use yet?
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> Yes, a version of it is in production.  I still expect to change it, 
> though. ;-)


Whats the reason for not using this instead of the current folder code, 
as default? Size?

/Magnus