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Subject: Re: [boost] [XInt] CoW/Move Timings
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-10 09:11:45


On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:36:44 -0800
"Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr." <jhellrung_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> [...] The 2Kbit section has me wondering about the accuracy of these
> timings, as "CoW, no Move" outperformed "CoW, Move", which should
> definitely not be the case. I can't think of any circumstance where
> move emulation gives you a penalty...

Those specific timings were close enough (within 0.03 seconds of each
other) that they may well be within the margin of error. It's
essentially impossible to do completely accurate timings on a
multitasking OS.

> I think an equally important measure would be the # of allocation
> requests. Do you track those?

Not yet.

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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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