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mod_storage_memory: Implement 'add_keys' method of map stores (required for rosters in 0.10+)
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Sat, 07 May 2016 13:37:03 +0200
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 - 'Type-Storage'
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5 summary: Experimental map store optimized for small incremental changes
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8 This is an experimental storage driver where changed data is appended.
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9 Data is simply written as `key = value` pairs to the end of the file.
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10 This allows changes to individual keys to be written without needing to
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11 write out the entire object again, but reads would grow gradually larger
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12 as it still needs to read old overwritten keys. This may be suitable for
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13 eg rosters where individual contacts are changed at a time. In theory,
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14 this could also allow rolling back changes.
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16 Requires 0.10