I assume POSIX compatibility. However, I bet there are cases where one can sacrifice compatibility for performance (configurable with an environment flag of course).
See http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122278284210941 for an example. > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 08:54:10AM -0700, Christopher Wingert wrote: >>I was looking into speeding up stat() performance. More specifically >>bash, ls, test, stat performance. I've seen the subject come up before. >>Git recently implemented a native Win32 work around. Are there any >> cygwin >>patches around? > > If there was a way to make stat() faster why wouldn't it be in the source > code already? > > cgf > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
