On 1/20/06 3:52 AM, Jonathan Kew didst favor us with:
> On 20 Jan 2006, at 8:30 am, Alexey Proskuryakov wrote:
>
>> On 20.01.2006 10:16, "Laurence Harris" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> The XML times go up linearly. The binary times appear to be going up
>>> exponentially. This makes the binary format completely unusable
>>> for large
>>> lists with its current implementation.
>>
>> I think you may want to carefully consider if you want to use
>> plist format
>> at all - although it has a simple API, there are multiple
>> disadvantages that
>> may hurt you in the long run.
>
> Property Lists were never intended for managing large amounts of
> application data; according to the docs, they are "for situations
> where you need to store **small amounts** of persistent
> data" (emphasis added). It sounds like you're dealing with something
> on a significantly larger scale, so you should be using a file format
> (whether XML-based or other) designed for the task at hand.
Indeed, I think I'll need to pursue something like this. Kind of a bummer
though, as plists offer me some nice advantages.
Larry
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