Re: Built-ins for hashes - keys, values and entries?
Daniel Dekany <[email protected]>
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Friday, June 13, 2008, 5:42:38 PM, Zemian Deng wrote: > Hi list, > > Is there a reason not to add a "entries" to hashes built-in that's > similar to java.util.Map#entrySet? > > AFAIK, looping over java.util.Map via entry set is much faster than > looping a key set then retrieve value by each key on all items. We just thought that it would complicate things for the template authors (like even understanding the template for not-really-programmers) while the speed gain is certainly totally negligible, since we have a lot more "overhead" here. I mean, this is a "scripting language" technically, so, well, you can imagine what horrors are going on behind the scenes... > -Zemian -- Best regards, Daniel Dekany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php