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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Added generic string handling code.
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 12:01:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070520100155.GB3106@steel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1179627869.32181.1284.camel@hurina>

Timo Sirainen, Sun, May 20, 2007 04:24:29 +0200:
> So here's my try on starting with something simple. Unlike almost all
> other string handling libraries, it doesn't allocate the memory
> dynamically.

Sometimes you _need_ dinamic memory allocation.

> This makes it really easy to convert existing code to use it. I'm
> including some example changes in the other patches. Besides making
> the code safer, it can also make it faster, especially those
> strcat() replacements.

It is also bigger, heavier on stack and sometimes slower because of
more function calls involved.

Aside from that, I like it. I wouldn't use it universally, but
there were times when I wished it has been be done this way.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-20 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-20  2:24 [PATCH 1/3] Added generic string handling code Timo Sirainen
2007-05-20 10:01 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2007-05-20 10:27   ` Timo Sirainen
2007-05-22 13:40 ` Petr Baudis
2007-05-23 10:49   ` Timo Sirainen
2007-05-23 13:24     ` Petr Baudis
2007-05-23 13:56       ` Timo Sirainen

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