Map vs dataset

[Packs]

Keeping object inside map and doing find and manipulating vs keeping data inside dataset and doing locate and manipulation.

Which is fast map vs dataset or memdatset or virtualdatset

[silvercoder70]

My 2c worth ... speed is one thing, and development time is another and other things.

1. If a dataset (broadly speaking) can deliver similar results to using a map, I would likely defer to the dataset. I am guessing that at some point in time, the data in the map would have to get written to disk?

2. How much data is actually involved? And if you were to load from a dataset, how long would it take to load? If small, then I would certainly go down the memory route.

3, If calculation are made as a result of a update (or insert?) then perhaps more of an OO approach is better.

that's off the top of my head, but are the first things I look at before writing any code. Hope that helps.

-- Tim

[Packs]

Map and dataset both store inside memory

Map is useful for json manipulation.

Dataset I will get filter and locate option.

[cdbc]

Hi
Hmmm...  Specialize a 'Map' and add 'Filter' & 'Locate' to the specialization...
Oh, and shy away from 'variants', as they're slow.
Regards Benny