[Dbix-class] DBIx::Class::Fixtures speedup

[Matt S Trout]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 04:37:54PM +0100, Drew Taylor wrote:
> >  What if you used link() instead of a copy?
> >
> >  Or just make the dump code make the tmp dir, and populate open a file handle
> >  to everything in advance so you don't have to worry about paths changing
> >  under you?
> 
> As I understand your suggestion, dumping to the tmp dir wouldn't work
> for me because I make a dump only every so often, but populate from it
> many times per day as I run my tests. I just want to zip through the
> existing files w/o any IO other than reading/slurping the .fix files.

If dumping uses a temp dir, and populate just opens the filehandles,
that's exactly what you'd get.

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