On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 11:05:48AM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Peter Bex scripsit:
> 
> > Yes, that's fine. I'm tired of arguing about this, and I know I can't
> > win.  I prefer getting the patch in over arguing about it, and nobody
> > else seems to have an opinion about this.
> 
> I do, actually.

Sorry, too late.

> The trouble with this code is that it copies a byte
> at a time, and so may be much less efficient than existing library
> versions

What, like the original code from OpenBSD libc that Christian posted,
and which also works a byte at a time?

> which do it smart, a 32-bit or 64-bit word at a time with
> adjustments.  I would like to see some measurements on at least
> a few platforms before we install this vanilla code.

Patches are welcome.

Cheers,
Peter
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