Re: [PATCH 4/7] Add a memory pool library
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
- Date
- May 30, 2010, 09:12 UTC
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Hi Jonathan,
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, like talloc[1]. How do they compare?
I've never used talloc. What basis can we use for the comparison?
> This makes functions with names like string_alloc(), which would then > be un-greppable. It might be nice (though certainly not necessary) to > provide an overview in Documentation/technical/ so there is no need to > find the definition of each function.
Definitely. On a related note, note that while compiling, a lot of unused functions are generated which pop up as compiler warnings- I haven't figured out how to suppress them yet, and I suspect Junio won't be happy with them either.
-- Ram