Re: [Gnash-dev] question: jmalloc

[strk]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 04:07:03PM +0800, Hong Yu wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Could I have some questions about 'jmalloc' in Gnash code? So it can be 
> used to relace malloc/free and new/delete code, right? What are the 
> advantages of jmalloc over the normal malloc/free and new/delete? How to 
> free memory when using jmalloc for memory allocation? Would anyone be 
> interested in giving a brief introduction? Thanks!

Use of jemalloc is completely transparent to other code, there's nothing
special you should do to use it. It's magick (surprises me as well).

As for why it's more performant seek on the web, you should find white
papers or similar.

--strk;