[BusyBox] [PATCH] size optimisation for fdformat.c

[Glenn McGrath]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:29:26 +0000
Tito <farmatito at tiscali.it> wrote:

> On Wednesday 21 January 2004 08:11, Glenn McGrath wrote:

> I'm little confused now............
> you want to make every bb_err function  call check for this var
> rather than pass a flag to bb_err through the xfunc?
> if so you have to set this var every time?
> 
> global_var = DIE|ERROR|WHATEVER;
> fd = xfopen(.......);
> global_var= DIE|PERROR;
> xreadlink(....);
> and so on.
> 
> Wouldn't this waste more space than:
> 
> fd = xfopen(path, mode, DIE|ERROR);

Im not sure, i would have to try test some code, but my gut feeling is
that lots of assignment operations would be cheaper than adding an extra
paramater to every xfunction.



Glenn