[Python-Dev] Arena-freeing obmalloc ready for testing
Tim Peters
tim.peters at gmail.com
Thu Mar 2 18:27:17 CET 2006
[Tim Peters]
>> ...
>> However, the new branch isn't predictable, so who knows?
[Nick Craig-Wood]
> When compiling with gcc at least you could give the compiler a hint,
> eg
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/4705
By "the new branch isn't predictable", I mean that there's apparently
no way to guess which way it's going to go that's better than flipping
a coin. If I could annotate the branch with the probability of the
branch being taken, my best guess would be "half the time".
OTOH, if I rearranged the code a little, the new test could become
highly predictable. OK, I'll do that :-)
> ...
> Excellent work!
Thanks redirected to Evan, who worked hard for a long time on this.
Thanks, Evan!
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