On 07/07/2014 09:48 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > This is a minor performance improvement: > > $ strace -fv /bin/true --xxx 2>&1 | wc -l > 105 > > $ strace -fv src/true --xxx 2>&1 | wc -l > 26 > > $ time for i in $(seq 1000) ; do /bin/true --xxx ; done >/dev/null > > real 0m5.083s > user 0m0.481s > sys 0m4.319s > > $ time for i in $(seq 1000) ; do src/true --xxx ; done >/dev/null > > real 0m4.729s > user 0m0.319s > sys 0m4.107s > > > Do you think it's worth doing?
Not worth it IMHO since it slightly complicates the code for this edge case where an argument is passed. Also the true binary is only an edge case fall back itself. thanks, Pádraig.
