On Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 09:31:11AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> 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
So what about the diff?
-Otto
