[webkit-dev] Arena is crufty?

[Jeremy Orlow]

Isn't ref counting supposed to be _really_ optimized for exactly this use?
 It seems like a good match--unless you have major issues with
cycles...which might be the issue?

J

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Kenneth Russell <kbr at google.com> wrote:

> I would be happy to not add another Arena client, but the primary
> reason I need an arena is not just for performance but to avoid having
> to keep track of all of the objects I need to delete.
>
> Is there any consensus yet on how to proceed with
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45059 ? I'm concerned about
> taking on large-scale restructuring with potential performance impact
> as a prerequisite for my landing any initial code. I could revert my
> PODArena class to use its own memory allocation rather than that in
> Arena.h.
>
> -Ken
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:12 PM, David Hyatt <hyatt at apple.com> wrote:
> > Please let's not add another client of Arena though.  That will just make
> it harder to remove, and I highly doubt you're getting any real performance
> gain from using it.
> >
> > dave
> >
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