HEADSUP: malloc changeover

Steve Kargl sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Fri Jan 13 12:10:06 PST 2006


On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:41:52AM -0800, Jason Evans wrote:
> libc's malloc(3) implementation has been replaced.  For now, all  
> debugging, sanity, and statistics gathering options are enabled,  
> which means that you can expect your programs to run slower and take  
> up more memory.  We can shut these pessimizations off once it looks  
> like the transition pains are mostly over.
> 

Jason, can you put a note in src/UPDATING about the change
and perhaps a URL pointing to your email.

-- 
Steve


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