On 26 Apr 2004, Karl Chen wrote: > >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Gcc 3.3 requires constants (empty_str) to be initialized. > >> (BTW, you could probably make it static const or just write > >> the value instead of empty_str) > Kevin> > Kevin> Its a minor memory optimization. The idea is to avoid > Kevin> having to dereference a distant memory location just to > Kevin> discover that it is the empty string. > > Are you sure this is really worth it? (I'm asking, not being rude.) > > It seems like a very premature optimization (trying to make sure > that the string contents are in L1 cache). For example, if you > wanted to trade simplicity for acute optimizations you could use > NULL instead of "" to indicate empty strings to avoid the > memory-load altogether when reading the value.
Its a minor optimization that is easy to do. It doesn't do any harm. Therefor it is worth it. There is no point in removing it, is there? -- http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org _______________________________________________ Aspell-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/aspell-devel
