[interfacekit] Re: BHandler::fToken

Erik Jaesler <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a thought; feel free to rip it to shreds. ;)  The reason I 
> included 
> a re-use stack was to avoid the performance hit of having to search 
> the 
> map for an unused token.  How about this compromise solution: 
> continue 
> to place "returned" tokens on the stack, but don't use them until the 
> token counter maxes out.  Also, use a queue instead of a stack to add 
> a 
> bit more separation between the return and re-issue of a given token.  
> I 
> will look at using a hash map instead of a regular map.

There is just one little problem with that method (depends on the 
implementation, though :-)): when the token counter overflows, there 
are about 4 billion entries on the stack... hm... that doesn't sound 
very nice, does it=3F :-)

Adios...
   Axel.

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