I don't have a strong feeling about this - so personally would apply an if it aint broke don't fix it policy. I can see the point of a single alloc, but I'm not sure it is high on the priority list.
Phil On 25 January 2015 at 03:34, Jim Dishaw <j...@dishaw.org> wrote: > In the src/pdfutils.c file (pdf = portable data files) there exists functions > that allocate, free, and find the min/max for 2d matrices. The functions do > not read or write any data files and these functions are used in > > src/plot3d.c > src/plvect.c > src/plimage.c > src/pllegend.c > src/plgradient.c > ./bindings/f95/scstubs.c > ./bindings/f95/sccont.c > ./bindings/f95/sc3d.c > ./bindings/c++/plstream.h > ./bindings/c++/plstream.cc > ./bindings/d/plplot.d > ./bindings/tcl/tclAPI.c > ./bindings/swig-support/plplotcapi.i > ./bindings/ocaml/plplot_h > ./bindings/ocaml/plplot_impl.c > > The purpose of src/pdfutils.c is to provide file I/O functions (plmeta uses > pdf_utils) not to provide memory allocation. I would like to move them to a > new file, for example src/plmem.c. > > Also, I would like to rewrite plAlloc2dGrid to use only one alloc because the > multiple alloc algorithm that is currently used is unnecessary, slower, and > on some OSes results in a fragmented heap. Also, by using one alloc call, > plFree2dGrid needs only one free. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. > GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. > Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. > Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
