Update of /project/cl-store/cvsroot/cl-store/doc In directory common-lisp.net:/tmp/cvs-serv15959/doc

Modified Files: cl-store.texi Log Message: Changelog 2004-11-24 (0.4 Release) Date: Wed Nov 24 14:27:20 2004 Author: sross

Index: cl-store/doc/cl-store.texi diff -u cl-store/doc/cl-store.texi:1.2 cl-store/doc/cl-store.texi:1.3 --- cl-store/doc/cl-store.texi:1.2 Wed Nov 10 11:43:26 2004 +++ cl-store/doc/cl-store.texi Wed Nov 24 14:27:20 2004 @@ -199,12 +199,46 @@ not be serialized when storing objects. @end deftp

+ +@anchor {Variable *store-hash-size*} +@vindex *store-hash-size* +@deftp {Variable} *store-hash-size* @emph{Default 1000} +The default size of the hash-table created to keep track of +objects which have already been stored. By binding the +variable to a suitable value you can avoid the consing +involved by rehashing hash-tables. +@end deftp + +@anchor {Variable *restore-hash-size*} +@vindex *restore-hash-size* +@deftp {Variable} *restore-hash-size* @emph{Default 1000} +The default size of the hash-table created to keep track of +objects which have already been restored. By binding the +variable to a suitable value you can avoid the consing +involved by rehashing hash-tables. +@end deftp + + +@anchor {Variable *check-for-circs*} +@vindex *check-for-circs* +@deftp {Variable} *check-for-circs* @emph{Default t} +Binding this variable to nil when storing or restoring +an object inhibits all checks for circularities which gives a +severe boost to performance. The downside of this is that no +restored objects will be eq and attempting to store circular objects +will hang. The speed improvements are definitely worth it if you +know that there will be no circularities or shared references in +your data (eg spam-filter hash-tables). +@end deftp + + @anchor {Variable *default-backend*} @vindex *default-backend* @deftp {Variable} *default-backend* @emph{Default *cl-store-backend*} The backend that will be used by default. @end deftp

+ @anchor {Variable *cl-store-backend*} @vindex *cl-store-backend* @deftp {Variable} *cl-store-backend* @@ -705,7 +739,7 @@ @section Known Issues @itemize @bullet @item CLISP, OpenMCL, Allegro CL cannot store structure instances. -@item Structure definitions aren't supported. +@item Structure definitions are only supported in SBCL. @item MOP classes aren't supported. @item Due to the fact that function's aren't fully supported CLOS Classes initfunction slot cannot be serialized. @end itemize