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Re: Kill the SCM_NIMPs
- To: Dirk Herrmann <dirk at ida dot ing dot tu-bs dot de>
- Subject: Re: Kill the SCM_NIMPs
- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow at alum dot mit dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:29:00 -0800
- CC: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>, Guile Mailing List <guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>, djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0001062142470.292-100000@marvin.ida.ing.tu-bs.de>
Dirk Herrmann wrote:
>
> Maybe, but for SCM_EOL an immediate 16-bit value should be
> sufficient. However, I have to admit that, again, the performance
> implications of the change are not obvious. Since the change may
> potentially cause performance degradation, it would probably be best to
> test that first.
Yes, given Mikael's comments this would be a good time of applying our
policy of benchmarking before and after potentially performance-affecting
changes.
- Maciej