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[Luc Sibille <luc.sibille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sorry, not 400Gb but 400Mb!

Luc Sibille a écrit :
> Hi yade developers,
>
> Here is just an interrogation about the xml files defining the Yade 
> simulations:
>
> Two things:
>
> 1/ With 10000 particles the xml files are about 40Mb, it is already a 
> little heavy. With 100000 particles it would be about 400Gb and I 
> imagine it is quite difficult to open such a file, to edit the first 
> twenty line to define the simulation.
>
> 2/ In my mind, the definition of the particle assembly with its 
> interactions and the definition of the simulation are two different 
> stuffs. For instance you can perform different simulations from a same 
> particle assembly, thus you don't need for each of these different 
> simulations a different xml file defining the same initial particle 
> assembly with the same initial interactions.
> Or reciprocaly you can perform an identical simulation from different 
> particles assemblies...
>
> Consequently, my interrogation is:
>
> Would it be interesting to split the xml file into two parts:
> 1/ the very first part defining the simulation itself could be kept as 
> an xml file that we can edit manually,
> 2/ the second and heavy part could be saved separately as a compressed 
> xml file or a binary file or something else ...
>
> But, maybe you will tell me that it is not a problem thanks to python 
> ;-) in every case it is only a question, what is your opinion?
>
>   Luc

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