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Re: Constructing sequences

• Posted by Mario Steele <eumario at trilake.net> Jun 28, 2005
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Allright,

Considering someone posted something about file i/o (Including Kat), about this,
and the overwhelming evidence that pre-allocation is best way to go, here should
be an extreamly fast version of loading a file into Memory (AKA Sequence):

function fast_read(sequence fname)
    sequence file_block
    integer fh, size
    fh = open(fname,"rb")
    if seek(fh,-1) then end if
    size = where(fh)
    if seek(fh,0) then end if
    file_block = repeat(0,size)
    for i = 1 to size do
        file_block[i] = getc(fh)
    end for
    close(fh)
    return file_block
end function

This code is untested, as I formulated it out in my head, but it should prove
the point that it will be faster.  I use seek() instead of dir(), cause
sometimes, dir() Rely's on the Operating System to get the size, and that can
prove to be slow.  seek() is faster, cause you open the file allready, or have it
open, seek() is easier to reset the file pointers, rewind, and such, and I have
yet to see an error occur from seek() where it goes to the end of the file, then
back to the first byte in the file.  And that's from countless usages that I have
used this method for.

Mario Steele
http://enchantedblade.trilake.net
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