difference between MaDictionary and MagmaDictionary

Chris Muller asqueaker at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 20:30:25 UTC 2010


Igor is right; the MaDictionray hierarchy is intended for internal
use, however I see no problem with using a persistent MaDictionary.

However, there is no inherent advantage to doing so; so if someone
feels compelled to use it I'd like to know why.

 - Chris

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 December 2010 01:40, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I wonder what's the difference between MaDictionary and MagmaDictionary... and which should I use... is indistinct?
>>
>
> I think you better do not use these dicts. They are mainly for
> internal use only.
> They are optimized for speed not for space. And taking part in keeping
> correspondence between
> objects stored in database and their ids.
>
>> Cheers,
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