Re: New versions of openbsd_{basename,dirname}.c

[Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:05:37AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> In addition to that, it might be better for performance to rather
> remember how much memory was previously allocated, and only reallocate
> if more memory is needed, and twice as much, so as to reduce the amount
> of free/malloc calls.

I'd suggest using a base size of e.g. 64 or another power of two close
to the expected common size, instead of "twice as much".

-- 
Richard Braun