From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 31852@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31852: Make memory-limit obsolete
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 06:38:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36f43145-ab73-d6e4-ae70-4d801bfe7583@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83in6j1bus.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I don't understand what we gain by declaring
> this tiny function obsolete
Nobody uses the function (clearly, since it doesn't work) so we gain simplicity,
which is a win.
> Wouldn't it be enough just to add to the function's
> documentation a note that the estimation should be expected to be
> inaccurate with modern memory-management technologies?
Complicating the documentation would work against the goal of simplicity. If the
goal is something other than simplicity, it'd be helpful to know what the goal
is before proposing a different patch 2. The idea behind patch 2 is that
simplicity trumps compatibility here, as nobody uses the function and nobody
will use it even if patch 1 is applied, partly because of the inaccuracies that
you mention.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-16 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-16 1:33 bug#31852: Make memory-limit obsolete Paul Eggert
2018-06-16 6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-16 13:38 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2018-06-16 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-16 15:34 ` Paul Eggert
2018-06-16 15:51 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-06-16 16:27 ` Paul Eggert
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