[ZODB-Dev] PersistentMapping good for large numbers of objects?
Shane Hathaway
shane at zope.com
Wed Jul 23 00:44:23 EDT 2003
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Tim Peters wrote:
> I don't know how many years it took to get all the bugs out of the BTree
> mutating functions, because I've only been staring at them for two <wink>.
You don't want to know. After each round of bugfixes, we felt like the
code was rock solid--until we got to the next round. No one took the time
to scrutinize it thoroughly until you came around. Thank you.
> Seriously, adding any more complexity to that code instinctively repels me
> now. If it's going to be a high-use feature with major advantages over all
> other approaches, I can overcome that.
Ok, you're right, let's not add complexity to something that's hard to get
right. Thanks for the reminder.
Shane
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