[ic] [interchange] Only apply GDBM filters if they are not already installed

Gert van der Spoel gert at 3edge.com
Fri Aug 31 15:05:39 UTC 2012


> On 08/31/2012 04:53 PM, Mike Heins wrote:
> > Quoting David Christensen (david at endpoint.com):
> >>
> >> On Aug 31, 2012, at 5:33 AM, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> >>
> >>> What about using DBM_Filter?
> >>>
> >>> https://metacpan.org/module/DBM_Filter
> >>>
> >>> That seems to have an easier interface and comes with Perl.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>         Racke
> >>
> >> I believe that's already the interface it's using; see `perldoc
> perldbmfilter`.
> >>
> >> As far as Mike's concern, we could just do one check to see if it's
> >> already installed. I'll re-review the docs and revise the patch.
> >
> > Thanks, David. I'm a strong believer in trying to cut overhead
> > wherever possible. It's small, but over thousands of requests it
> > can be appreciable.
> >
> 
> What about cutting out all the overhead for "crazy" shipping? O:-)

What about just shoving this one in the single database of choice
(mysql/postgres etc) aswell and deprecate the whole GDBM thing? :)   Will
make things also easier/more clear for a curious newcomer and solves a bug
or 2,3,4 ... or something along the way.

CU,

Gert




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