Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:53:34 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro. |
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:25:33 -0800 > > Agreed. On first glance, I was intrigued but: > > 1) Why is everyone so concerned that export symbol space is large? > - does it cost cpu or running memory?
yes. about 120 bytes per symbol
> - does it cause bugs?
yes, bad apis are causing bugs... sys_open is just the starter of that.
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