g_string_assign(str, ""); vs. g_string_truncate(str, 0)

[Holger Freyther <holger freyther de>]

Hi all,

I have a small Glib performance question. From my microbenchmark it is obvious
that g_string_truncate is faster in empty and non-empty string case. Is there
any reason one would like to use g_string_assign(str, "")?

Slightly related to that. Did anyone ever create a repository of SystemTap files
for Glib? It could make sense to collect performance best practises in systemtap
and then ran these on the application...


regards
   holger