From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 24 16:48:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA16981 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:47:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles154.castles.com [208.214.165.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA16976 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:47:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA06042; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:43:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901250043.QAA06042@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mikhail Teterin cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl oids (was: Re: kvm question) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:44:55 EST." <199901242244.RAA04500@kot.ne.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:43:12 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Pardon my intrusion, but I strongly dislike the very thought about > my computer looking-up the same string more then once or twice. If it > counts -- I'd take a number over a string anytime anywhere other > then in a documentation. Since sysctl isn't a performance interface, this isn't really an issue. OTOH, you should consider going back to single-character directory names, since that's much more significant. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message