Re: g_malloc overhead

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Martín Vales wrote:

> What are the advantages of use a glib_mem_vtable ???. I think we  
> have the same malloc function in all operating systems?
This vtable allows you to swap in a different allocator with next to  
no effort.  Maybe it has special OOM handling, or uses a special pool  
or allocation algorithm tuned to your use-case, or does debugging  
logging work, or whatever.  The fact that the default is the same  
everywhere is a bit beside the point of having the functionality.


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