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i am using iniread and iniwrite to basically save the state of a program i have written (saving and loading the values of all the important variables)

I would prefer to use iniread and iniwrite so that my files will state the variable names and their value so they are readable

The problem is that i am reading and writing hundreds of variables and it takes several seconds, where as i have used filereading loops that parse files a million lines long (literally) in a fraction of a second. I think the problem is that iniread/write does not keep the file i am reading from open, and this makes everything very slow.

is there a way to use iniread/write but keep the file open until my filereading loop is complete?

update: iniread and write are built in windows functions so they cannot be sped up. this post is useful: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic5127.html

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Have you seen "Basic ini string functions"
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46226
which seems to do everything in memory, there are a few
other INI functions in the forum by Titan and majkinetor
(just search) which may be of interest (never tested them
myself)

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