Hi, On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > at this stage also gains are "in theory"... still.. in THEORY we will save > memory - math-wise this makes sense. it depends a lot on "real life data" > though. also it adds overhead of having to manage this and have extra > indirections... that comes at a cost... is the cost worth it. only thing i > worry about with magic numbers is - now an attempt to lean down mem usage with > some really evil methods bloats things out - so the "cost vs benefit" bar > moves > and moves against doing COW at all... at which point i am wondering if it is > worth doing at all. i'd rather not go down the path of magic numbers and so on > until: > > 1. we know there is a real measurable win and what it is "in real life". > 2. we have a good idea of the real life downsides. > > this requires some experimental hacking. tbh i dont care if cow is in eina or > not atm... BUT it's api should not be a supported stable one advertised to > anyone outside of internal efl use UNTIL we have a good handle on what this > api > is.. how it should work and if it is even useful in the end. :) that means if > it stays in eina - it is not included in Eina.h - its a SPECIAL extra include > with nice big fat comments of "don't use this or else we will kill you" :)
Well, yeah, I dislike creating an API and look for a problem afterwards. Taking the "real life" approach you said is the best thing we can do, really. -- Ulisses Furquim ProFUSION embedded systems http://profusion.mobi Mobile: +55 19 9250 0942 Skype: ulissesffs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
