>On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:37:59PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >Ok.  I'll bite... what is a "tail merging string".  And does this save  
>> >space (as I think the name implies)?
>> 
>> Suppose you have two strings:
>> 
>>      Permission Denied.
>>      You're not authorized.  Permission Denied.
>> 
>> If the strings can be modified, you need to store both.
>
>Any bets on how much space this will save in the kernel (or anywhere)? My
>guess is fewer than 100 bytes.


tail mergiung yes, duplicate supressing quite a few more.

Casper

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