String Utilities

Just a short post to say I am creating a library to provide high performance string utilities. The performance gain comes from using a DLL for operations I know BYOND can be slow at, and providing my solutions to you, to incorporate into your games.

The intention for 1.0.0 is to have the following:

• A string builder datum, used for constructing strings as part of a looping procedure.
• Global find and replace of text
• Random string generation (good for passwords)

The intended user is really a developer with an existing game, that needs to retro-fit some high performance solutions onto known performance issues with their servers. This library will use a DLL, which has some security considerations ("installing" the DLL on the server, or trusted mode access).

I currently have the initial string builder implementation, with one known bug. The link to the library is here:

http://www.byond.com/developer/Stephen001/StringUtilities

I have other ideas for 2.0.0, including some better hashing algorithms than MD5, levinson distance calculation (needed for competent spell checkers), and possibly spell checking hints themselves.