[OPEN-ILS-DEV] PATCH: osrf_hash.[ch] (performance tweak)

[Mike Rylander]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Scott McKellar <mck9 at swbell.net> wrote:
> This patch boosts the performance of an osrfHashIterator a bit, by
>  reusing the "current" buffer whenever possible instead of freeing and
>  reallocating it on every iteration.
>
>  I wrote a benchmark that repeatedly traverses a 27-item hash table.
>  The new version is about 10% faster.  This improvement is not as
>  dramatic as I had hoped for, but it's easy to get, and it won't hurt.

Applied.  10% is much better than 0%.

>
>  ...and I belatedly wish everyone at Equinox a happy equinox.
>

And we belatedly thank you, sir. :)

>  Scott McKellar
>  http://home.swbell.net/mck9/ct/
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