Nathan Kurz wrote on 01/30/2010 05:22 PM: >> I should specify that the extra calls to mmap() and munmap() occur on 32-bit >> systems only. For 64-bit systems, we mmap() the whole compound file the >> instant it gets opened, and InStream_Buf() is just a thin wrapper around some >> pointer math. > > I had not realized that. This softens my position considerably. I'm > all for making increasing legacy performance so long as it doesn't > complicate the mainline architecture. >
++ This is an interesting thread, though I have nothing interesting to add. :) -- Peter Karman . http://peknet.com/ . [email protected]
