Re: stdext::hash_map
Dymus wrote:
problem with deleting big sized hash_map.
have defined a comporator, where defined min_bucket_size (for speed
improvement, since i know that i need to store big ammount of data
(~1Mln)), everything seems to be good, working fast, but problems start
when try to .clear() or delete that hash_map... I think that it just
take ennormous amount of time to complete this thing. Waiting for
possible suggestions for solvation of this problem
Define "enormous amount of time." 2 seconds, 30 minutes, a week? What
happens if you allocate 1 million separate chunks of memory the same
size as one key/value pair in your hash table and then try to delete
them all? Here's a simpler case: How long does the last line of the
following take?
#include <list>
// Substitute your value and key types here
struct MyData { int key; int value[ 3 ]; };
void Foo()
{
std::list< MyData > lst;
for( unsigned i=0; i < 1000000U; ++i )
{
lst.push_back( MyData() );
}
// Swap trick to clear and get rid of capacity, too
std::list<MyData>().swap( lst );
}
It might just be that it takes a while to free that much memory when
allocated separately since it is O( N ) to delete.
Cheers! --M
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