Re: g_malloc overhead

["BJörn Lindqvist" <bjourne gmail com>]

Actually, a custom allocator could be useful even in the general case.
Malloc is a system call and has quite bad performance on certain
platforms (windows in particular i think). Something like the gslice
allocator could
Probably improve performance a bit.


2009/1/18, muppet <scott asofyet org>:
>
> On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Martín Vales wrote:
>
>> What are the advantages of use a glib_mem_vtable ???. I think we
>> have the same malloc function in all operating systems?
>
> This vtable allows you to swap in a different allocator with next to
> no effort.  Maybe it has special OOM handling, or uses a special pool
> or allocation algorithm tuned to your use-case, or does debugging
> logging work, or whatever.  The fact that the default is the same
> everywhere is a bit beside the point of having the functionality.
>
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