Re: [Caml-list] caml_copy_string

[Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>]

Le lundi 23 août 2010 07:09:05, Florent Monnier a écrit :
> an alternative method is to provide a string from ocaml to c then c fills
> this  buffer, then you can save allocations by reusing the same buffer,
> see:

This is a good idea but I would be a little bit suspicious about using 
"noalloc". Even if it works in your tests, this options is very delicate to 
use with the Gc, and may segfault in some cases.

Beside, I think that the benefit of noalloc have to be traded off with the 
complexity of the function in terms of elementary instructions.


Romain