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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ tcmalloc -- a replacement for malloc and new. See below for some environment variables you can use with tcmalloc, as well. tcmalloc functionality is available on all systems we've tested; see -INSTALL for more details. See README.windows for instructions on +INSTALL for more details. See README_windows.txt for instructions on using tcmalloc on Windows. NOTE: When compiling with programs with gcc, that you plan to link @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ in its full generality only on those systems. However, we've successfully ported much of the tcmalloc library to FreeBSD, Solaris x86, and Darwin (Mac OS X) x86 and ppc; and we've ported the basic functionality in tcmalloc_minimal to Windows. See INSTALL for details. -See README.windows for details on the Windows port. +See README_windows.txt for details on the Windows port. PERFORMANCE @@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ win32's malloc. http://www.highlandsun.com/hyc/malloc/ http://gaiacrtn.free.fr/articles/win32perftools.html +It's possible to build tcmalloc in a way that trades off faster +performance (particularly for deletes) at the cost of more memory +fragmentation (that is, more unusable memory on your system). See the +INSTALL file for details. + OLD SYSTEM ISSUES ----------------- |