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diff --git a/database/kyotocabinet/DETAILS b/database/kyotocabinet/DETAILS index 57bf4e3afe..6caef17601 100755 --- a/database/kyotocabinet/DETAILS +++ b/database/kyotocabinet/DETAILS @@ -10,14 +10,22 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION KEYWORDS="database" SHORT="database library" cat << EOF -Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple -data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is -serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a -key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of +Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database +is a simple +data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every +key and value is +serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string +can be used as a +key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither +concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree. -Kyoto Cabinet runs very fast. For example, elapsed time to store one million records is 0.9 -seconds for hash database, and 1.1 seconds for B+ tree database. Moreover, the size of -database is very small. For example, overhead for a record is 16 bytes for hash database, -and 4 bytes for B+ tree database. Furthermore, scalability of Kyoto Cabinet is great. The +Kyoto Cabinet runs very fast. For example, elapsed time to store one million +records is 0.9 +seconds for hash database, and 1.1 seconds for B+ tree database. Moreover, +the size of +database is very small. For example, overhead for a record is 16 bytes for +hash database, +and 4 bytes for B+ tree database. Furthermore, scalability of Kyoto Cabinet +is great. The database size can be up to 8EB (9.22e18 bytes). EOF |