RE: glib strlen ?

[martyn 2 russell bt com]

> Why do you make this personal then? Now you question my character for
> mentioning that the army of people who yell "KISS" to every problem
> insult me? This has nothing to do with me, so why do you fall back to
> questioning my motivations or my competence? "Don't get 
> personal - btw,
> I think you suck." Sheesh.

I was being suggestive, I did not question anything, and I dont think you
have taken this personally at all :)

> > What makes them deficient?
>
> I have pointed out a few reasons. For you to ask this 
> question is for you
> to suggest that you didn't actually read my previous messages.

> > Also, for strings that are more than a few Kb long, functions like
strlen()
> > are *extremely* defficient not only in terms of run time, but because
they
> > may trash numerous memory cache lines for no reason at all.

if they _MAY_ trash _NUMEROUS_ memory cache lines for _NO REASON_ at all...
eh?

> Ah yes... :-) The *other* lot of people that I find insulting. Those
> who must always compare software tools to hammers and
> screwdrivers, and then conclude that their opponent is wrong 
> because they
> fail to agree with the analogy.
>
> Because *you* say that (s->len) to GString is as a hammer is to a door
> handle, you *must* have a point.

Then you didn't understand my analogy. 
My understanding was that GString was not being discussed.  As a result,
strlen() is the tool for the job. Equally, you would use str->len if it
_WAS_ a GString, hence the analogy.

> I say that strlen() is a hammer and "char *" is a block of knotted
> wood, wheras (s->len) is a hammer+chisel and "GString" is a piece of
> quality wood. What say you?

I would tend to agree, had I ever made use of GString to know any better.  I
prefer character arrays myself.
 
Regards 
Martyn.