From: Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:44:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Notes about flist.
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Notes about flist.
---

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index ef1bc312..631fd40d 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ use chroot
   for people who want to generate the file list using a find(1)
   command or a script.
 
+File list structure in memory
+
+  Rather than one big array, perhaps have a tree in memory mirroring
+  the directory tree.  
+
+  This might make sorting much faster!  (I'm not sure it's a big CPU
+  problem, mind you.)  
+
+  It might also reduce memory use in storing repeated directory names
+  -- again I'm not sure this is a problem.
 
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