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comment on indexing, addressing a comment by @pmoura in #606

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If indexing is needed for lists of characters, it should be added to
the engine.
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Markus Triska
2020-06-24 22:29:22 +02:00
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-) File names are mostly ephemeral, so it is good for efficiency -) File names are mostly ephemeral, so it is good for efficiency
that they can quickly allocated transiently on the heap, leaving the that they can quickly allocated transiently on the heap, leaving the
atom table mostly unaffected. Indexing is almost never needed atom table mostly unaffected. Indexing is almost never needed
for file names. for file names. If needed, it should be added to the engine.
-) The previous point is also good for security, since the system -) The previous point is also good for security, since the system
leaves little trace of which files were even accessed. leaves little trace of which files were even accessed.
-) Scryer Prolog represents lists of characters extremely compactly. -) Scryer Prolog represents lists of characters extremely compactly.