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Re: Question about ash and getopts


In message <6.0.1.1.0.20031229140746.02c43c40@127.0.0.1>, Larry Hall writes:
>If you're curious, I suggest you run some timings on ash with and without 
>getopts enabled using a few configure scripts from some of Cygwin's 
>packages, large and small.  It was the slowness of configure scripts 
>that prompted the streamlining of Cygwin's ash.  If you can provide 
>data that suggests that there isn't a performance penalty for these
>scripts with getopts on, then a patch to turn it back on may be considered.

Did anyone perform an actual test showing that the getopts code was making
a difference, or was it just a general desire to trim everything in sight?

-s

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