René Scharfe wrote: > Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> > --- > fast-import.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Before: $ size git-fast-import text data bss dec hex filename 804138 6768 754160 1565066 17e18a git-fast-import After: $ size git-fast-import text data bss dec hex filename 804154 6768 754160 1565082 17e19a git-fast-import So this makes the text size worse on this machine (amd64, building with gcc 4.8.2 -O2). That's probably because the old code does 'call memcmp', while the new code inlines it. Inlining is presumably the better choice. More importantly, the new code is more readable. For what it's worth, Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html