X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/dgc/cdgc.git/blobdiff_plain/f79a30ddeee392a4f3d6aaf6ade2151a192097cc..67f00b96c70725ee445641a158a97fe4f6e735d3:/rt/gc/cdgc/bits.d

diff --git a/rt/gc/cdgc/bits.d b/rt/gc/cdgc/bits.d
index 520b780..4d25362 100644
--- a/rt/gc/cdgc/bits.d
+++ b/rt/gc/cdgc/bits.d
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ struct GCBits
 
     void Dtor()
     {
+        // Even when free() can be called with a null pointer, the extra call
+        // might be significant. On hard GC benchmarks making the test for null
+        // here (i.e. not making the call) can reduce the GC time by almost
+        // ~5%.
         if (data)
         {
             cstdlib.free(data);
@@ -217,3 +221,6 @@ unittest
 
     b.Dtor();
 }
+
+
+// vim: set et sw=4 sts=4 :