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Re: [RFC] Make getenv O(1)
- From: Alexander Monakov <amonakov at ispras dot ru>
- To: Ondřej Bílka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:58:43 +0400 (MSK)
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Make getenv O(1)
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Hi,
I'm curious about the motivation of this change. Which programs are expected
to benefit from faster repeated getenv queries? (note that bash overrides
getenv and co, so changes in glibc implementation won't affect it)
Thanks.
Alexander