On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 16:53 +0200, Andrew W. Nosenko wrote:
> Matthias (or anyone else), could you explain, what this "small
> optimization" optimizes (what use-cases, on what way, etc), why and
> how big win/profit gives?
As the documentation says:
"g_intern_static_string() does not copy the string, therefore string
must not be freed or modified."
When you are talking about several strings for every object, not having
to copy every one saves both time and memory.
Ross
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