[Gambas-user] File.Load vs OPEN

[Charlie]

Benoît Minisini schrieb:

>Le Mardi 21 Janvier 2003 21:40, Charlie a écrit :
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>>jochen.georges at ...22... schrieb:
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>>>hello gambasians,
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>>>for me it seems to be more comfortable to use
>>>File.Load()
>>>then using
>>>OPEN file FOR READ AS #myFile.
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>>I am not shure (but nearly), because I don't remember why and since when.
>>But I use the File.load to show the contens of the file.
>>And the Open to read line by line (for doing something with the line
>>contens).
>>Yes that is it.
>>How do you want analyse the line contens of a line in a File.load return?
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>>amicalement
>>Charlie
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>>>Is OPEN just a inheritance of older times or when do i use it?
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>>>thanks for any hint
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>>>beste gruesse
>>>jochen
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>Let's suppose the size of your file is 1GB. Are you going to use File.Load and 
>loads it entirely in memory, or are you going to use the OPEN instruction ?
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But showing a 1 GB File ? my name is not Word (oh sorry , but mast be a 
thing like this)

>If you say horrors like that, I will destroy the File.Load instruction ! :-)
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>But yes, for little files, it is just a matter of taste...
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