Re: strcat+strcat+strcat == baaad

[Shachar Shemesh]

Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> Francois Gouget  writes:
>
> Well, no, the cost is linear. It would only be quadratic if the number
> of strcat calls depended on the length of the string.

Well - still snprintf is more efficient.
> > It's more efficient to do:
> >
> > sprintf(foo, "%s%s%s%s%s%s", bar1,bar2,bar3,bar4,bar5,bar6);
>
> I seriously doubt that sprintf would be faster that a couple of
> strcats. And I don't think we need to worry about this kind of
> micro-optimizations right now...

But there is also no reason not to welcome these submissions if someone 
already took the time to submit them.

Shachar