simple performance question

[Dirk Luetjens <dirk post lfm rwth-aachen de>]

Hello,

I have seen, that the g_list_append in glib function always searches the
end of the list, since there is no pointer to the last element. And I have
seen, that a few programs uses this function to set up lists.

So, wouldn´t it be better to do a g_list_prepend and add the elements form
last to first?
(Or hold a reference to the last element)

I know this sounds rather stupid, since the most list are not very long,
and only initialized once. If performance is a problem, this could 
perhaps speed up a few things. 

Thought I could mention this. 
Dirk

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