On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 17:26 +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > "Slow" is a relative term. Given that this allocation is only > necessary when we're about to go out to the disk to perform a 'stat' > operation, I believe that the (actually fairly small) amount of time > it takes the heap allocater to pull a chunk off a linked-list is > likely to be entirely insignificant compared to the time required by > the I/O.
I agree; speed is not an issue here. However, messy/ugly/etc. code is a major issue and one reason alloca() is so nice. But, correctness is more important. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.us "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
