RE: Make CVS HEAD version build out of the box

[Dave Korn]

On 03 October 2007 17:01, Yongwei Wu wrote:


>> The only real solution is to avoid alloca() and use malloc() everywhere.
> 
> I do not like heap allocation here, which is vastly slower, and will
> really make the Windows fix very, very ugly.

  "Slow" is a relative term.  Given that this allocation is only necessary
when we're about to go out to the disk to perform a 'stat' operation, I
believe that the (actually fairly small) amount of time it takes the heap
allocater to pull a chunk off a linked-list is likely to be entirely
insignificant compared to the time required by the I/O.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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