[OSM-dev] Binary OSM; the first pass encoder

[Chris Browet]

2008/11/9 Marcus Wolschon <Marcus at wolschon.biz>

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> Chris Browet schrieb:
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> >     - Use separate files for strings and indices.
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> > Problem with this is that you will have one huge string file (if
> > that's what you mean), which will have to be loaded in memory
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> How is that?
> You can memory-map and index it like any other file.
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Right you are.
If I understand the concept, that would mean that once a string appear in
the "master string" file(s), it's indice cannot ever change (otherwise, all
the references will have to be changed, too). Do I understand correctly?
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