Re: BASE_PURESIZE

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

  > Isn't the current definition of BASE_PURESIZE too large?
  > 
  >   #define BASE_PURESIZE (1430000 + SYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA + SITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA)
  > 
  > I looked at the values of pure_size vs pure_bytes_used in several
  > builds on several platforms, and I see that we are wasting at least
  > 130KB:
  > 
  >     MS-Windows:
  >     (gdb) p pure_size
  >     $1 = 1480000
  >     (gdb) p pure_bytes_used
  >     $2 = 1357888
  > 
  >     64-bit GNU/Linux (--without-x):
  >     (gdb) p pure_size
  >     $1 = 2383333
  >     (gdb) p pure_bytes_used
  >     $2 = 2015813
  > 
  >     64-bit GNU/Linux (with X):
  >     (gdb) p pure_size
  >     $1 = 2383333
  >     (gdb) p pure_bytes_used
  >     $2 = 2193049
  > 
  >     MS-DOS:
  >     (gdb) p pure_size
  >     $1 = 1440000
  >     (gdb) p pure_bytes_used
  >     $2 = 1275442
  > 
  > GNU/Linux without-X is the extreme example: it wastes 370KB.
  > 
  > How about reducing the 1430000 number above?

I have a few pending changes that will make the sizes needed just under
that, no need to fiddle with it all the time.