Re: When should ralloc.c be used?

[Paul Eggert]

On 10/24/2016 09:39 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Right, so I'd like your opinion and comments about the possible
> solutions proposed so far:
>
>    . Build with gmalloc but without ralloc.

This goes back to what we were doing, no?

>    . Back-port the HYBRID_MALLOC changes from master.  Not sure if the
>      patch is simple and safe enough, or whether the result is tested
>      well enough to have that on emacs-25.

This sounds riskier.

>    . Build with gmalloc and use mmap for buffer text allocation.

This also sounds riskier.

How about the attached patch for emacs-25? Basically, it says "use 
ralloc.c only if requested via './configure REL_ALLOC=yes'". I assume 
that this patch need not be ported to master, due to HYBRID_MALLOC. I 
haven't tested this.

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