> > because I recon eliminating the exception handler is more
> important than
> > speeding up the actual malloc/free.
>
> Hmm...
alright, here's some quick benchmarks using 4.08.1:
1e6 * "bracket" = 0.20 secs
1e6 * "bracket+malloc/free" = 0.69 secs
1e6 * "malloc/free" = 0.40 secs
1e6 * "allocate ByteArray" = 0.13 secs
Ok, so the malloc/free is the most expensive part. I'm moderately
surprised :) Perhaps we could do a better job, but we'll never do
better than ByteArrays as long as the bracket is required.
Cheers,
Simon
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