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Re: Interpreting the proposed FACE meta-command
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:54:59 GMT
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:00:39 GMT, "Gary Williams" <graywolf@pcpros.net>
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> But I'd like to avoid supporting both abbreviations and the complete
> spelling. Every additional test that has to be performed in the tight loop
> of a dat file parser will slow down the loading of files.
Recognizing multiple forms of the command shouldn't add much to rendering.
Each file can be parsed once, and then the post-parsing results cached, for
later re-reference. The FACE meta-command would be stored as an opcode and
a single parameter, recording the four possible values (2 bits, minimum).
Steve
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| Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message ... (...) I was just trying to be consistent...:) I'd be just as happy if they were all spelled-out. But I'd like to avoid supporting both abbreviations and the complete spelling. Every additional test that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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