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The point of the library is that you do not call the low level allocation primitive to allocate a single string. Of course, in simple programs which exit immedi
by dboon 5mo ago
The point of the library is that you do not call the low level allocation primitive to allocate a single string. Of course, in simple programs which exit immediately, there is no difference between using a page allocator and a heap allocator. In real programs, I use an appropriate allocator for the allocation rather than making arbitrary calls to malloc(). In the sp.h examples, I use the page allocator to keep freestanding Linux simple. I could swap out a single line to be backed by an arena, but it misses the forest for the trees.
sp_log() writes directly to an IO writer. An IO writer can be buffered or unbuffered, but is unbuffered by default. This is a feature, not a bug. Have a look through the IO code!
Cheers and thanks for reading.
- feelamee 5mo agoq> sp_log() writes directly to an IO writer. An IO writer can be buffered or unbuffered, but is unbuffered by default. This is a feature, not a bug. Have a look through the IO code! Why is the unbuffered default? Is there any thoughts on this?
- NetMageSCW 5mo agoSo every program using sp has to re-invent malloc or multiple copies of their own bespoke allocator and this is supposed to be a good idea?
- dboon 5mo agoThe library provides a few basic allocators.