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demerphq
Date:
February 2, 2017 01:18
Subject:
Re: Should we consider locked hashes a failed experiment?
Message ID:
CANgJU+X6WEGZOZ_v_DKJ-0kk7u++osm_feGDkmA-96MQfQW_MA@mail.gmail.com
Not really.  At work we use this build widely. We are a version behind but
the pumpking and several core committers use it regularly.

On 2 Feb 2017 08:01, "Vincent Pit (VPIT)" <perl@profvince.com> wrote:

>
> Meanwhile, for those keen to squeeze the last ounce of performance,
>> perhaps locking could be disabled via build option in the same way that
>> tainting can be disabled.
>>
>
> Let's be clear for the unaware reader : a flag has been added to the core
> to disable taint mode in the past, but it's neither documented nor
> officially supported. It's very possible that the core has diverged enough
> since then that it doesn't build any more with this flag enabled. If you're
> using it, you're completely on your own.
>
>
> Vincent
>

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