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@@ -234,6 +234,21 @@ Features: Macros may retrieve the code and string of the last error. Optimizations: + * The Linux-specific memory limiting using mallinfo() is + very slow (50% to 150% slower than the fallback implementation + measured in batch mode). + The fallback implementation does not come with much of a + runtime penalty. + Still I've found no faster way of measuring the process heap. + A soft resource limit would be ideal but unfortunately, + it lets malloc() return NULL and we're not in control of all + the mallocs, so glib could abort before we have a chance to + react on it. + Since the slow-down affects interactive mode as well, disabling + limiting in batch mode is merely a workaround. + Perhaps Linux should simply use the fallback limiting as well + (or support this via a configure option). + On Windows (2000), the overhead is approx. the same. * Add G_UNLIKELY to all error throws. * Instead of using RTTI to implement the immediate editing command behaviours in Cmdline::process_edit_cmd() depending on the current |