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Bug 214726

Summary:	150K memory reduction in bootstrap (7500->4800 String objects)
Product:	platform	Reporter:	Vladimir Voskresensky <vv159170>
Component:	Module System	Assignee:	Tomas Hurka <thurka>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	jtulach
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	PERFORMANCE
Version:	7.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	intern some sharable strings

Description Vladimir Voskresensky 2012-06-25 15:27:20 UTC

Created attachment 121306 [details]
intern some sharable strings

Attached patch reduces memory consumption by removing 1700 duplicated strings (build number, version number, some module names)

Comment 1 Vladimir Voskresensky 2012-06-25 16:18:49 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> removing 1700 duplicated strings
I meant minus 2700 strings

Comment 2 Jaroslav Tulach 2012-11-23 07:50:29 UTC

Does not the interning have a negative impact on startup time? If not, you can apply it.

Comment 3 Vladimir Voskresensky 2015-01-29 19:22:05 UTC

intern() is not recommended, because it consume pool used by VM itself.