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On 07.09.12 23:55, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> [Discarded]
> 
> * jc/sanitize-nkd-lazy-iconv-open (2012-07-31) 1 commit
>  . macos: lazily initialize iconv
> 
> Teach the code that works around NKD/NKC gotcha on MacOS to call
> iconv_open() only when it is necessary, in the hope of avoiding
> set-up overhead.  It turns out that there was no noticeable
> improvements.

My vote is not to discard the branch: 

Even if the improvements are not measurable, the lazy iconv_open
is a good coding style.

It might inspire people to use resources carefully, 
and only allocate them if they are really needed.