* John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010902 20:23] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Gersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > sys/malloc.h says that the macro versions of MALLOC/FREE are
> > deprecated however they are used all over the place. I belive that they
> > are cluttering and dont really have a purpose. Does anybody else agree?
> >
> > If I were to make up a patch for current removing all of them would
> > anybody care enough to commit it (Or care enough to not have it commited)
>
> Please don't. It would just create a bunch of new gratuitous
> differences against the other BSDs.
The reason for the macro is that when the size paramter is a constant
there's an evil trick that makes selecting the malloc bucket really
cheap.
Please don't remove it.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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