This is a great article. It reminds me a little of the "Delta" structure used by QuillJS. The document itself is represented as an array of objects, but updates are represented atomically as new objects of type retain, insert, or delete. I don't think it offers the same performance advantages as a true piece table, but it does provide some flexibility about how you build the document and respond to changes.
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This is a great article. It reminds me a little of the "Delta" structure used by QuillJS. The document itself is represented as an array of objects, but updates are represented atomically as new objects of type
retain,insert, ordelete. I don't think it offers the same performance advantages as a true piece table, but it does provide some flexibility about how you build the document and respond to changes.Thanks Isaac :)