On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 01:17:10PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote:
> Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > J/j is actually a three valued var. So document that and make it
> > possible to set all three values. Default is still 1.
>
> I initially left the default as is deliberately. I would like for there to be
> fewer options, because I think people spend too much mental effort picking the
> "right" setting. We should be spending that effort making the default the best
> it can be.
>
> In this case, I'm not sure how or why the user would want to set it 1. It
> starts at 1. If you like it, don't change it. If you don't like it, change it
> to 0 or 2.
A case is: you have a malloc.conf with S or J, and you want to run a
single program with the default using MALLOC_OPTIONS to hunt a bug.
Currently there's no way to do that.
-Otto
