Re: poor m4 hash performance

[Ben Pfaff]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> According to Ben Pfaff on 6/4/2006 4:15 PM:
>> 
>> Is there a good reason why m4 should not use a hash table that
>> grows dynamically?  It is easier to deal with software that can
>> figure out parameters on its own rather than having to be told.
>
> CVS head m4 does dynamically grow its hashtables; the problem is that
> backporting it to the 1.4 branch is not trivial, and at this point, the
> 1.4 branch is in non-invasive bug fix mode only.  [...]

My mistake.  I should not have jumped into the middle of the
thread without reading more of the context.
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