Commit df280ba4 authored by unknown's avatar unknown

Updated PeterG's internals documentation per comments from

Monty; one minor change, plus addition of how HEAP works.

parent ce2329b8
...@@ -3553,7 +3553,7 @@ raw-flags -- more country flags, all .gif files ...@@ -3553,7 +3553,7 @@ raw-flags -- more country flags, all .gif files
@item @item
support -- various files for generating texinfo/docbook documentation support -- various files for generating texinfo/docbook documentation
@item @item
to-be-included... -- an empty subdirectory to-be-included... -- contains a MySQL-for-dummies file
@item @item
translations -- some Portuguese myodbc documentation translations -- some Portuguese myodbc documentation
@end itemize @end itemize
...@@ -3609,7 +3609,11 @@ produces) have files with similar names and functions. Thus, this ...@@ -3609,7 +3609,11 @@ produces) have files with similar names and functions. Thus, this
(for the MyISAM table handler). Such duplicates have been marked with (for the MyISAM table handler). Such duplicates have been marked with
an "*" in the following list. For example, you will find that an "*" in the following list. For example, you will find that
\heap\hp_extra.c has a close equivalent in the myisam directory \heap\hp_extra.c has a close equivalent in the myisam directory
(\myisam\mi_extra.c) with the same descriptive comment. (\myisam\mi_extra.c) with the same descriptive comment. (Some of the
differences arise because HEAP has different structures. HEAP does not
need to use the sort of B-tree indexing that ISAM and MyISAM use; instead
there is a hash index. Most importantly, HEAP is entirely in memory.
File-I/O routines lose some of their vitality in such a context.)
@*@* @*@*
@itemize @itemize
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