Re: [gtk-list] Re: how can I trust glib when it has somanymemleaks?

[Havoc Pennington <rhp zirx pair com>]

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Ulric Eriksson wrote:
> > 
> > Which is the *point* of a GMemChunk. It optimizes based on knowledge of
> > the size of the memory blocks being allocated. That's why glib has mem
> > chunks for a specific purpose, for example for GSList nodes.
> 
> Ergo, they are unusable holes.

They are usable for a particular purpose. Since this particular purpose is
very common, it is deemed a nice tradeoff to dedicate some fast memory to
it. I do not understand what point you are trying to make.

Havoc