Re: Function speed, which is fast

From: Frank de Groot (franciad_at_online.no)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:35:14 +0100

"L D Blake" <not@any.adr> wrote in message
news:ipi8p0hdfdkmjqu842q13gbo4si5pf4bha@4ax.com...

> Which is going to take longer...
>
> Allocate string,
> Add 1 character,
> Reallocate string,
> done: copy to new string
> or
>
> write 1 character to static memory
> increment pointer
> cast as string (no conversion, it reads it in place)
>
> Really... string buffers are just so cool.

You haven't understood my example.

Your method is slower, less easy to read, more effort to type, and more
non-standard than my method.

I allocate length once for the entire string, then add the characters, then
set the length to the correct size.

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