On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 09:44:12PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> I'd like to apply this patch to pkg_add which reduces the amount of code
> the compiler generates, and improves the clarity of the code.
>
> 1. s_strl* is obvious some form of "safe" strl{cpy,cat}. But *WHAT*
> does it make "safe"? Isn't obvious w/o having to track down the
> s_strl{cat,cpy} function definitions.
>
> 2. The current code has more function call overhead than is needed. And
> it reduces the size of the basic block for the optimizer to work on.
> It also potentially has cache miss penalties.
I now think these should be macros which do the if() test and the errx.
Kris
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