On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:48:50AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > It should reduce fragmentation in most memory allocators > > Why? Allocators often use header/footer around the allocated area, so a > power of two does nothelp. > > > and it's also quicker to multiply. > > ?? "twice as much" is shifting left. Computing a close power of two is > way longer to compute.
Err, right, sorry, I had something else and wrong in mind. -- Richard Braun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
