[OSM-dev] API Logic

[Richard Fairhurst]

SteveC wrote:

> Frankly I couldn't care less, but Richard will scream if the  
> function is slow.

You can read my mind....

> But again for the updates and deletions I can just copy the tile  
> attribute from the existing nodes and use that when creating the  
> OldNode's. It's only when mass creating new ones that it matters,  
> and I haven't got to that yet.

...but in fact "legacy" amf_controller.rb doesn't create nodes en  
masse, it does them one by one, so there shouldn't be a loss in  
performance:

http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/sites/rails_port/app/ 
controllers/amf_controller.rb#L327

cheers
Richard