... For most formats GIMP has a very good solution, but for PCX ImageMagick and XV loads the pictures 50 % faster into memory than GIMP. Where could pcx.c be optimized?
I have only taken a quick look at pcx.c but I can see where some minor(?) optimizations might be made in a few loops. I don't know what impact (if any) it would have on the load time. I don't have any PCX coded files let alone ones that test each of the load routines to be able to try the minor changes to the code and see what impact it would have on the load times.
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