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Re: RFC: Flat directory for notes, or fan-out? Both!

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2009, 22:32 UTC
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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> Or we could use an on-disk hashmap.  Oh, wait...
>
> While reading this thread, I sure wondered ... why don't we use the
> one on-disk fast access structure we already have: the index?
Since when the index has become a on-disk fast access structure?
> Sure, one problem is that the index reading code is inherently written
> for a single index state.

That's wrong, but because the index is not a on-disk fast access structure to begin with, the incorrect statement about it is excused ;-)

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Message 24 of 33 in “RFC: Flat directory for notes, or fan-out? Both!”
  1. Johannes SchindelinFeb 9, 2009
  2. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 10, 2009
  3. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2009
  4. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 11, 2009
  5. Linus TorvaldsFeb 11, 2009
  6. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009
  7. Linus TorvaldsFeb 11, 2009
  8. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  10. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  12. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  15. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  17. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  18. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  20. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  21. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  22. Thomas RastFeb 10, 2009
  23. Thomas RastFeb 10, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  25. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2009
  28. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  29. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  30. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  31. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  32. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009
  33. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009

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