[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-2557696 ] USE_TCLALLOC untested?

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Bugs item #2557696, was opened at 2009-02-02 09:51
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Category: 41. Memory Allocation
Group: development: 8.6b1.1
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Don Porter (dgp)
Assigned to: Jeffrey Hobbs (hobbs)
Summary: USE_TCLALLOC untested?

Initial Comment:

Based on a brief encounter with
tclAlloc.c, I have my doubts that
the code works correctly on 64-bit
systems.

The code appears to be unused and
untested in default builds.  Are
there any known testers?

If not, is it time to purge this
bit of dead code?


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>Comment By: Jeffrey Hobbs (hobbs)
Date: 2009-08-24 14:06

Message:
I have seen users on HP-UX enable it for reasons I don't recall.  It may
have become stale, but I'm not sure that it is ready for complete removal. 
This should be brought up on tcl-core and possibly news:clt before it is
made final.

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Comment By: Don Porter (dgp)
Date: 2009-08-24 14:03

Message:

Attached patch purges the apparently
dead code.  Will commit in a few days
unless someone objects.



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