From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb@cygnus.com>
Cc: Jimmy Guo <guo@cup.hp.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: (patch) hpjyg09: bcache optimizations 
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:26:00 -0000
Message-id: <4657.945331919@upchuck>
References: <npaeoskevw.fsf@zwingli.cygnus.com>
X-SW-Source: 1999-q4/msg00400.html

  In message < npaeoskevw.fsf@zwingli.cygnus.com >you write:
  > So, while I understand the impulse to just disable the bcache, because
  > it's causing you trouble in your driving uses of the debugger, I think
  > the better solution, for both Cygnus and HP, is to fix the data
  > structure so it actually works.  I would recommend:
  > 
[ ... ]
  > - growing the hash table when the average chain length grows beyond 
  >   a certain limit, so the time overhead remains the same as the
  >   problem size grows
FWIW, libiberty now includes some generic hash table capabilities, including
automatic expansion of the hash table once it hits a certain capacity.

jeff