Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Speed up uNN_chr and uNN_strchr with Boyer-Moore algorithm

[Pádraig Brady]

On 27/07/10 19:14, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 07/27/2010 06:06 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>
>> I would suggest a new function due to the
>> way I see this function called most often.
>> I.E. repeatedly with the same character.
> 
> Is this really a bottleneck?  i.e., what does u8_uctomb_aux look like in
> the profile when do a million u8_strchr calls on an empty string?

Well it would be a bit faster,
but mainly a bit easier to use.
I.E. one could do stuff like:

  while ((f=u8_str_u8_chr (s, "–", 3));

cheers,
Pádraig.