WebKit already has the concept of a arena allocator. I've always thought this could be expanded and formalized right now its restricted to rendering.
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Darin Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Paul Pedriana wrote: > >> I can understand that some developers who have spent a lot of time >> developing monolithic desktop or server software are used to using >> the built-in global operator new. The concept of controlling memory >> like I am proposing is the rule in commercial library development >> and not the exception. I humbly ask that the WebKit team consider >> migrating towards this type of development. It will make WebKit >> considerably stronger outside the desktop market, and yet is rather >> easy to apply. It's largely a matter of accepting an idea that is a >> little different from what some have done in the past. > > Your tone here stinks. Many others working on WebKit are > professionals, probably with more commercial library experience than > you, and many of the WebKit contributors work on software for > constrained mobile devices. > > That having been said, I think this is a great suggestion. Are you > willing to do this work, or are you expecting someone else to do it? > > -- Darin > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev