Re: Re: Re: Re: Hitting memory limit? (ActiveState Perl)

Regarding memory optimization, and the information provided in the "poor man's hash" link... would there be any value to switching the primary data structure to a straight array, and using a hash as a lookup index (so the # of primary keys in the hash would be the same, but the value would be nothing more than a element # in the array) ?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hitting memory limit? (ActiveState Perl) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 23, 2004 at 01:45 UTC
In a word, no. The overhead of a scalar (the hash values) is the same regardless of what it contains. Using a hash to point into an array would just add the overhead of the entire array structure. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail Timing (and a little luck) are everything!	[reply]