[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6822) some variable-sized arrays

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6822 >

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 04:56:27PM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
> 
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6822 >
> 
> The attached patch replaces some malloc'd arrays with variable-sized 
> stack arrays.  One memory leak is fixed in the process.
> 
> This should be faster, but my tests didn't show a measurable difference 
> (on systems with inefficient malloc calls this may make an impact - but 
> then those systems aren't likely to compile C99 anyway).  It's also 
> safer and more legible.

I don't see that the benefits (safer) outweigh the costs (change must
be done, compiler or other tools doesn't understand it).

        Raimar

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