Re: [Boost-users] File-based container library?

From: Joe Chakra (joem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-27 23:38:52

Beman Dawes wrote:

>
> In 1999 I did some work on a B-tree implementation for Boost, but 
> became discouraged. For maximum portability and very high performance, 
> it would have had to have a lot of limitations; memcopy'able POD types 
> only, an interface that differed in several ways from the standard 
> library containers, etc. Even with those limitations, the prototype 
> took twice as long for typical operations as the old C code B-tree 
> I've used for 20 years.
>
> Perhaps someone else will give it a try; a B-tree is an incredibly 
> valuable tool and it would be great to have a good one in Boost.

I thought Berkeley DB from Sleepy cat was good. Unless someone comes up 
with something that is better than that ...
joe