[Xastir-Dev] does it make sense to start killing globals?

[Alan Crosswell]

I run xastir on a 300 MHz machine.  It makes for good motivation to tighten up 
the map rendering code.
/a

Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Alan Crosswell wrote:
> 
> 
>>Depends on where in the code.  If the variable is checked a million times
>>because it's in the middle of rendering map vectors then there can be a problem.
>>  Again, these can be smartly coded ala len=strlen(foo); and use len, instead of
>>calling strlen over and over....
> 
> 
> Agreed.  Well, if one wants to concentrate on code efficiency,
> they've got a lot of work to do.  There are many places needing it.
> 
> Very ocasionally someone will optimize a small portion, but for the
> most part things just keep getting added, and the first working
> implementation wins.  After that, the code segment is seldom
> revisited.  There are just too many cool new ideas to implement...
> 
> Note:  I'm the worst offender.
>