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

["Gregory Berkolaiko" <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Jason Short wrote:

> 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.

Why should it make a difference?  Aren't variable-sized arrays mplemented 
via malloc?  Or because of the clearly defined scope the memory 
management is easier?

G.