Re: Ext2 directory index: ALS paper and benchmarks

[Daniel Phillips]

On December 6, 2001 04:56 am, Hans Reiser wrote:
> >On December 6, 2001 04:41 am, you wrote:
> >
> >>ReiserFS is an Htree by your definition in your paper, yes?
> >
> >You've got a hash-keyed b*tree over there.  The htree is fixed depth.
> >
> 
> B*trees are fixed depth.  B-tree usually means height-balanced.  

I was relying on definitions like this:

  B*-tree

  (data structure)

  Definition: A B-tree in which nodes are kept 2/3 full by redistributing
  keys to fill two child nodes, then splitting them into three nodes.

To tell the truth, I haven't read your code that closely, sorry, but I got 
the impression that you're doing rotations for balancing no?  If not then 
have you really got a b*tree?

--
Daniel