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Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:21:23 +0200 |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Kamil,
>> New version of filevercmp.c is attached, now without copying of the input
>> strings. I've also made a simple performance test - the speed was about 7-8x
>> slower than original glibc strverscmp function, but the glibc's result is
>> mostly wrong.
>
> If you didn't get feedback from Jim, here's mine.
Hi Bruno,
Thanks for replying.
Kamil and I talked on IRC, but not about these particular points.
> Indeed speed matters less than correctness. First get the results right,
> then only think about optimization.
I agree completely.
> For a use in 'ls', the time of the
...
Kamil, you may expect to use the new function in ls, too.
The more I think of this, the more I'm convinced producing
sensible results is what matters here. Being completely
compatible with older versions of ls -v is not important.
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, (continued)
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ian Jackson, 2008/09/29
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/29
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ian Jackson, 2008/09/30
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ian Jackson, 2008/09/30
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/30
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Jim Meyering, 2008/09/29
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ian Jackson, 2008/09/29
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Jim Meyering, 2008/09/29
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ian Jackson, 2008/09/30
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ian Jackson, 2008/09/29
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Eric Blake, 2008/09/22
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/22
Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Bruce Korb, 2008/09/21