Re: [PATCH] speed: reuse char instead of recreation in loop

["Björn Steinbrink" <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de>]

On 2009.05.25 19:44:10 +0000, Thomas Spura wrote:
> Move a char and a char * outside of a for loop for speed improvements
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Spura <tomspur@fedoraproject.org>
> ---
> Comments?
> 
>  transport.c |    7 +++----
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
> index 17891d5..e350937 100644
> --- a/transport.c
> +++ b/transport.c
> @@ -263,11 +263,10 @@ static int write_refs_to_temp_dir(struct strbuf 
> *temp_dir,
>  		int refspec_nr, const char **refspec)
>  {
>  	int i;
> +	unsigned char sha1[20];
> +	char *ref;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < refspec_nr; i++) {
> -		unsigned char sha1[20];
> -		char *ref;
> -

I doubt that this makes any difference at all.

>  		if (dwim_ref(refspec[i], strlen(refspec[i]), sha1, &ref) !
> = 1)
>  			return error("Could not get ref %s", refspec[i]);
>  
> @@ -275,8 +274,8 @@ static int write_refs_to_temp_dir(struct strbuf 
> *temp_dir,
>  			free(ref);
>  			return -1;
>  		}
> -		free(ref);
>  	}
> +	free(ref);

And this now leaks memory.

Björn