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Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dennis Clarke <dclarke <at> blastwave.org>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32073: Improvements in Grep
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 18:44:36 -0400

On 07/06/2018 06:06 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Sergiu Hlihor wrote:
>> Given my tests for such scenarios, a read block size of at least
>> 512KB would be way more efficient.
> 
> Does stdio do this already? If not, why not? How could grep reasonably 
> configure a good block size?

This seems to be a very specific complaint which is only of value on a
very specific system and usage case.  There is no way that grep could
configure a "good block size" unless it were tailor built.  Doesn't
seem to be a reasonable RFE.  In my opinion.

Dennis

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