[boost] Re: Re: Performance: shared_ptr

From: Matthew Wilson (stlsoft_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-18 16:00:21

> Yes, that's what quick_allocator does. It is mainly useful when the
> underlying malloc isn't well suited for small allocations, as is sometimes
> the case on Windows. The lifetime of the process does not matter as long
as
> it doesn't allocate unbounded amounts of memory.
>
> Benchmarking with quick_allocator is typically used as a quick check to
find
> out whether the test results are skewed by the underlying malloc.

That's good to know. I shall bear it in mind if/when I have occasion to
benchmark anything boost in the future.

:)