Re: Smart strings & memory allocation
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:41:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Smart strings & memory allocation | ||
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Per Lundberg wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 17:24, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> > Of course. That's not the point though. The point is
> > whether the difference matters in the global picture.
>
> Point taken. But is it such a big thing? I mean, writing a special
> case in the emalloc() is not too time-consuming. Benchmark it with and
> without the changes and see what you get. Easy peasy?
Are you volunteering?
FWIW, in ZE1 the fast cache has been disabled by default
since end of 2001. And for ZE2, Sterling reported a 20%
increase in performance after disabling the memory manager.
So, without real performance figures at hand, any statement
regarding what benefits the overall picture is a pure (poor?)
guess.
- Sascha (really leaving the thread now)