some unnecessary preprocessor tests in libbb/
Denys Vlasenko
vda.linux at googlemail.com
Thu Jul 17 18:43:13 UTC 2008
On Thursday 17 July 2008 01:41, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > in fact, it's misleading since it implies that the max length can be
> > > up to almost 32K when Config.in clearly restricts the value to 8K.
> > >
> > > rday
> >
> > These checks are there simply to make sure something didn't go bad...
> >
> > They shouldn't add to the binary size because the compiler takes them out.
>
> i realize that ... i'm just a big believer in minimizing redundancy if
> possible. no big deal.
But you are trying to reduce redundany where it almost does not matter -
busybox binary will not get a single bit smaller.
Developer resources (i.e. YOUR time) are not unlimited.
I, for one, try to prioritize and avoid situations when
I improve some tiny insignificant thingy while much bigger
things need someone's attention.
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