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Re: [3.3] C++ PATCH: Reduce size of saved bindings.
- From: Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de>
- To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:35:52 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: [3.3] C++ PATCH: Reduce size of saved bindings.
Hi Gabriel,
On 4 Mar 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> This patch makes us be less wasteful. It uses a straight datatype to
> remember the bindings, reducing memory consuming. Some days, when we
> have better adequate data structures to capture name lookup machinery,
> we may not even need to allocate so much memory. Or we may now take
> advantage of this "typeful" datatype and manage a dedicated
> cxx_saved_binding allocator possibly with a free-list. To be explored
> latter.
Hmm, I like performance improvements. But is the improvement high enough
to justify a patch for 3.3 (which should be in bug-fixing only mode right
now IMHO)? The reason I ask is, that 3.3 should already have been
released, so it may be more appropriate for 3.3.1?
Ciao,
Michael.