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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by corndoge on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:00AM (#18325364)
no guarantee the signatures are the same on all functions, can't use a fp
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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by jfries on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:05AM (#18325375)
In that case wrapper functions can be created where needed to normalize the signatures.
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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by bayindirh on Monday October 29, 2018 @07:39AM (#18326615)
Creating signature normalization wrappers, which contain superset of all the function parameters really complicates the code a lot.

It's like trying to push anything and everything through a little hole.

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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by kochthesecond on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:36PM (#18328833)
Have you heard of our Lord and savior, the single method interface?
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