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ChrisPro's avatar
ChrisPro
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11 years ago

Read 50 variables in IN file is slow

In order to read 50 variables in INI file, I use this following code 50 times:     var lIni = Storages.INI(...);     var lSection = lIni.GetSubSection(...);     lSection.GetOption(..., "");   It...
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AlexKaras
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11 years ago

Hi,

 

My guess is that the major time penalty is because of this line

    var lIni = Storages.INI(...);

been executed 50 times. I think so because this line results in file open OS operation which may be resource-consuming (for example, if the file is large and is located on the network resource).

ChrisPro's avatar
ChrisPro
Contributor
11 years ago

There is no difference.

  • joseph_michaud's avatar
    joseph_michaud
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    11 years ago

    I tried a simple test reading 50 options entries in a section all at once, and then again where I opened the INI file, searched for the section/option 50 separate times.

     

    Both tests took less than second.

     

    Perhaps you could post your code and attach the INI file so that we could take a look.

     

     

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    mes6073
    Contributor
    11 years ago

    I would suggest you consider migrating that Ini file to an XML.