Re^2: Text storage/retrieval

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Re^3: Text storage/retrieval by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2012 at 13:39 UTC
I see little difference in maintainablility between: `( "The quick", "brown fox", "jumps over", "the lazy", "dog", );` [download] And: `"The quick", "brown fox", "jumps over", "the lazy", "dog"` [download] But if you do, you could do the same thing -- put each language into a separate csv file -- and do: `my @text = someCSVparser( "$lang.csv" ); ...` [download] It'll be slower, but for 1500 strings, probably not enough to worry about. If performance is a concern -- as it seemed from your OP -- then you could store the texts in .csv files and use an off-line process to create the Storable form from them whenever they change. It has the advantage of ensuring that if the storable format shoudl ever change in incompatible ways -- it has happened in the past -- then you have the sources to fall back on. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Text storage/retrieval
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2012 at 13:39 UTC

I see little difference in maintainablility between:

(
    "The quick",
    "brown fox",
    "jumps over",
    "the lazy",
    "dog",
);
[download]

And:

"The quick", "brown fox", "jumps over", "the lazy", "dog"
[download]

But if you do, you could do the same thing -- put each language into a separate csv file -- and do:

my @text = someCSVparser( "$lang.csv" );
...
[download]

It'll be slower, but for 1500 strings, probably not enough to worry about.

If performance is a concern -- as it seemed from your OP -- then you could store the texts in .csv files and use an off-line process to create the Storable form from them whenever they change. It has the advantage of ensuring that if the storable format shoudl ever change in incompatible ways -- it has happened in the past -- then you have the sources to fall back on.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

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