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Re: [bug-gperf] Add machine-readable output to gperf
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [bug-gperf] Add machine-readable output to gperf |
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Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:50:11 +0100 |
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Sei Lisa wrote:
> I thought that the lack of an easily machine-readable output mode could be
> an obstacle for more people than just me.
No, You are the first one requesting this in 19 years. The reasons are:
* gperf is the tool that people use to get a maximally optimized and
fast code for hash lookups. If afterwards you lose a factor of 2 by
interpreting the results, it makes no sense to use gperf.
* Most newer programming languages have hash tables already built-in
in their standard library.
> I'm unlikely to benefit from a feature like this one for several years
> (until distributions catch up, of which mine, Debian, is notably slow).
> I have already solved it for my purposes:
Writing to the mailing list was the right thing to do, nevertheless.
> I can provide a patch myself, if that would help in any way to get this
> feature implemented.
Thank you, but no, I don't think this feature would be a useful one,
for the reasons stated above.
Bruno