git-annex/doc/todo/optimise_by_converting_Ref_to_ByteString.mdwn

Profiling of `git annex find --not --in web` suggests that converting Ref
to contain a ByteString, rather than a String, would eliminate a
fromRawFilePath that uses about 1% of runtime.

[[!tag confirmed]]

> Well, I did the conversion. Running that command does not seem to have 
> sped up by any appreciable amount. But, I did notice several places where
> using ByteString is certainly more efficient. It may just be that it
> doesn't matter if git-annex is IO bound etc. Still, glad I did it.
> [[done]] --[[Joey]]
more RawFilePath Remove dup definitions and just use the RawFilePath one. </> etc are enough faster that it's probably faster than building a String directly, although I have not benchmarked. 2019-12-18 20:45:03 +00:00			Profiling of `git annex find --not --in web` suggests that converting Ref
			`to contain a ByteString, rather than a String, would eliminate a`
			`fromRawFilePath that uses about 1% of runtime.`
tagged the past 2 years of open todos and followed up to a few of them also moved some that were really bug reports to bugs/ and closed a couple 2020-01-30 19:22:05 +00:00
			`[[!tag confirmed]]`
Ref ByteString conversion done Test suite passes. 2020-04-07 21:41:09 +00:00
			`> Well, I did the conversion. Running that command does not seem to have`
			`> sped up by any appreciable amount. But, I did notice several places where`
			`> using ByteString is certainly more efficient. It may just be that it`
			`> doesn't matter if git-annex is IO bound etc. Still, glad I did it.`
			`> [[done]] --[[Joey]]`