On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Aaron Bannert wrote: > On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 01:26 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The pools are used so that we don't > > have to track resources this closely, that is, in fact, their main > > benefit. > > They were also added for performance reasons, but I don't know if > this was a side effect or the main reason. Delaying freelist management > until after a response gives a huge performance gain from the > perspective > of an http client.
yes, performance was a reason in httpd, but in APR, it really came down to convenience. Ryan
