From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0dae77abc8c35bd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-15 17:23:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ppp-1-25.cvx1.telinco.NET!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Structure Library 1.4 release Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:08:05 -0000 Message-ID: <9t1pqu$15aum9$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> References: <3BF1887F.5020307@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-1-25.cvx1.telinco.net (212.1.136.25) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1005873823 39156425 212.1.136.25 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16604 Date: 2001-11-16T01:08:05+00:00 List-Id: "Corey Minyard" wrote in message news:3BF1887F.5020307@acm.org... > .. > Also, it generates a timezone file from the zone info files supplied > with glibc. The trouble is that the full generated file is huge (8800 > lines, about 1/2 meg). It contains all the timezones you could possibly > imagine back to when timezones started. There is a much smaller > simplified version that only contains the current timezone data (no > historical information). I'm curious what people think I should do with > the huge file. I could put the information in files and read it in on > demand, but then the system has to have files go along with it. I could > break it up to continent chunks, but that doesn't seem to gain much and > complicates things. Just curious if anyone has any ideas. On a typical modern workstation (or PC), a 0.5 MB file is tiddly. Absolutely no problem. Is it in binary format? If not, perhaps it could be made more compact anyway. On any machine for which such a file is too big, it's very unlikely that full historical timezone computations would be required. More likely, only a very simple time model would be required. Problem solved! -- Best wishes, Nick Roberts PS: The concept of a 'continent chunk' would give any gastro-urinary tract specialist a nightmare, I suspect! ;-)