Re: g_intern_static_string() for type names as small optimization

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 12:43 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> 
> The thing is that GObject interns the type name anyway. But, as you
> say,
> it cannot assume that the string is static and thus calls
> g_intern_string(),
> causing it to be copied. By interning it using
> g_intern_static_string() beforehand,
> we guarantee that the string is already interned at the time that
> gobject calls
> g_intern_string, and thus won't be copied.

One would think that the "_static" in g_type_register_static() means
that it doesn't copy its arguments, but apparently this static is
different...

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