Re: g_slice_

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad cs toronto edu>]

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Dave Benson wrote:

> i have two sort-of related questions:
>   - doesn't this belong in glibc?
>   - why isn't it implemented as g_mem_set_table(g_slice_allocator)?

No, the difference is that for no-overhead allocation to be
possible, g_slice implementation is using the fact that the size
of the struct is available at free()ing time.  That's just not
the way malloc/free API works.

> - dave

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