Re: Removed sorting of registry key values

[Andriy Palamarchuk]

Paul Millar wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Andriy Palamarchuk wrote:
> > The tests show that values are exported in the same
> > order in which they are created. This means the values
> > are stored not in any particular order.
>
> That doesn't necessarily follow ...
>
> The export function(s) could map the sorted registry back into its
> original order. At the cost of sizeof( void *) bytes per registry entry
> (perhaps less, I haven't looked too closely at the registry code), you
> could have the registry keys sorted (for fast access) and export back into
> the original order in O(n)
>
> Is it worth the memory for that level of compatibility?

All of you guys,
   thank you for the feedback. I had a doubt before submitting the patch.

Andriy Palamarchuk