Re: Is the registry needed?

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 5:57 PM, Soni L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 29/09/15 09:48 PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
>>> The registry, a table, is SLOW. Can we use upvalues instead?
>> Define SLOW.
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>> What problem are you trying to solve?
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> It also has name conflicts.
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It’s the same performance as any other table, what were you expecting? And if your solution can fit into 250 upvalues, then how hard can it be to devise a key identity scheme that won’t conflict? And what do you expect it to conflict WITH?

—Tim