Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: max_strl - Get length of longest string in a hash

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Ahh no, CURRENT_STATE is what *really* contains the hash, and the FETCH, STORE, DELETE etc operations happen on that hash. This is effectively the same as your suggestion, as it keeps the user's data seperate from my metadata.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: max_strl - Get length of longest string in a hash by liz (Monsignor) on Aug 21, 2003 at 15:38 UTC
You're right. I guess I should have looked closer. My bad. But a dereference of a list element would be faster than an extra hash lookup ;-) Liz	[reply]

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