Having worked with them the last couple of days, I can see what you are referring too in regards to the flexibility.

I am wondering about the speed, but that is secondary.

How are the dictionaries for larger files with 100,000+ entries?

regards

Steve

On Jul 18, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Brian S wrote:

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>>> I have large record structures comprised of CFStringRefs that are being converted to pascal strings and placed into the Dynamic array record structures.
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> Steve - one reason I use CFDictionaries instead of FB Records/C Structs is the flexibility. Adding/removing fields from an FB Record requires the users to do a data conversion. CFDictionaries have no such issue.
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