From: Kirk, B. (JSC-EG311) <ben...@na...> - 2010-02-03 21:09:25
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> Surprised me too, actually. I think it would be better to turn off > counting entirely when asked via configure (especially since it > requires an atomic unsigned int when threading is on), do the "one > total count" stuff in opt mode with counting on, then do the detailed > stuff in dbg/devel mode with counting on. My thought was that the global ++/-- reference count was a cheap, good thing to check for leaks at the grossest level. Not sure how many threads you are on, or the actual overhead of the atomic operation... Then again, you're the guy who has advocated leaking memory on this list before, perhaps the reference counter is right? ;-) -Ben |