LanguageController extension cache fails for system includes without extension

[Milian Wolff]

Esben Mose Hansen, 21.03.2011:
> On Sunday 20 March 2011 16:59:09 David Nolden wrote:
> > I see no reason to rush on this. The "looking into files" behavior is a
> > showstopper for really large projects (makes KDevelop unusable), while
> > the other thing is just an annoyance.
> 
> Sorry to interrupt, but that sounds like something a simple cache could
> solve. Files are not going to change their mime types all the time, and
> checking inside the files just once (per program run?) should not be
> prohibitively expensively, especially if it is just a fallback.

we already have a cache, but David has a very specific project apparently with 
tons of files without extension. Having a cache for thousands of data files is 
imo a no-go and would also not prevent the initial lag due to thousands of 
reads (lots of IO) to determine their mimetype.

bye
-- 
Milian Wolff
mail at milianw.de
http://milianw.de
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