From: Stan Vasilyev (stan.vasilyev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-20 01:47:45
On 6/19/06, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> This would be possible but ...
>
> a) It would require some effort and no one has found the benefit to be worth
> that effort.
> b) It would usually require that the whole archive be loaded into memory to
> be parsed. This would mean that one could no longer handle an arbitrary
> sized data set. For some applications this wouldn't be a problem. For
> others - a deal breaker.
>
That makes sense. Thanks