Re: rm improvements from next rebased and pulled onto master

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Jim,

Jim Meyering writes:
> Here's post-7.6 NEWS so far:
> 
>   ** Improvements
[...] 
>     rm -r deletes deep hierarchies more efficiently.  Before, it took O(N^2)
>     time, now it takes O(N).

What is N?  The number of files removed, the number of directories removed,
the maximal subdirectory depth?

Thanks,
Ralf