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List:       listar-dev
Subject:    [EDev] Re: potential buffer overflows / gc:  still an issue or not?
From:       Matthias Kilian <kili () outback ! escape ! de>
Date:       2004-04-26 16:33:59
Message-ID: 20040426163359.GA12000 () outback ! escape ! de
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 09:03:47AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > now that I've unlurked after about two years (thanks to Luna Kid),
> > I wonder wether the buffer handling in ecartis still needs some
> > consolidation.
> 
> Quite honestly, I don't think it does.
> 
> > However, I still have this (perhaps silly) idea to try the use of the
> > boehm garbage collector for all buffers of a non-fixed size, 
> 
> And since the problem doesn't exist anymore, the the boehm gc is a 
> solution looking for a problem. It also seems to be a pretty big
> hammer to crack this rather small nut.

O.k., you allready convinced me :-)

For the other topic (config variable renaming) I'll write later this
evening, since I'm a little bit short of time.

Ciao,
	Kili

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