[pybsddb] Len() operation taking a long time

[Jesus Cea]

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Gregg Lind wrote:
> That is (sadly) consistent with my experience as well.  If you look back
> at previous messages, the bsddb does indeed have to do a full scan to
> get the its length.  As a strategy, I keep track of the key count in the
> Python layer.  It's unpleasant and error-prone.

Berkeley DB team position is "a count creates a hotspot in
multithreading applications". That is true, but not all applications are
so demanding and keeping a count by hand is slower and more error-prone.

I would suggest you to ask for that (configurable) feature to Oracle
guys. Use the Berkeley DB forum. They are very responsible.

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