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diff --git a/tex/context/base/l-io.lua b/tex/context/base/l-io.lua
index 657b755b8..3456001b7 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/l-io.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/l-io.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['l-io'] = {
local io = io
local byte, find, gsub, format = string.byte, string.find, string.gsub, string.format
local concat = table.concat
+local floor = math.floor
local type = type
if string.find(os.getenv("PATH"),";") then
@@ -17,10 +18,49 @@ else
io.fileseparator, io.pathseparator = "/" , ":"
end
+local function readall(f)
+ return f:read("*all")
+end
+
+-- The next one is upto 50% faster on large files and less memory consumption due
+-- to less intermediate large allocations. This phenomena was discussed on the
+-- luatex dev list.
+
+local function readall(f)
+ local size = f:seek("end")
+ if size == 0 then
+ return ""
+ elseif size < 1024*1024 then
+ f:seek("set",0)
+ return f:read('*all')
+ else
+ local done = f:seek("set",0)
+ if size < 1024*1024 then
+ step = 1024 * 1024
+ elseif size > 16*1024*1024 then
+ step = 16*1024*1024
+ else
+ step = floor(size/(1024*1024)) * 1024 * 1024 / 8
+ end
+ local data = { }
+ while true do
+ local r = f:read(step)
+ if not r then
+ return concat(data)
+ else
+ data[#data+1] = r
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+io.readall = readall
+
function io.loaddata(filename,textmode) -- return nil if empty
local f = io.open(filename,(textmode and 'r') or 'rb')
if f then
- local data = f:read('*all')
+ -- local data = f:read('*all')
+ local data = readall(f)
f:close()
if #data > 0 then
return data