Re: [boost] [Review] Fixed Strings review period extended

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-01 15:08:52

> How do you set the size of the buffer. AFAIK the basic_string implementation 
> is free to ask for any size memory as first allocation.
> 
> e.g. gcc allocates extra space for internal data and also use some algorithm 
> to optimize memory allocation. (If I remember correctly it will always round 
> up to nearest multiple of 128 bytes except for small sizes.)

Good point. You are right. The allocation strategy will almost never 
request the exact byte quantity.

Regards,

Ion