[gdal-dev] Starting a discussion on style and coding guidelines

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 3 June 2016 at 15:54, Kurt Schwehr <schwehr at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would make some of assertions (some just restating what Even wrote)
>
> * The cost to heap allocation is a fair question (but I would suggest we
> defer the work until required)
>
> * Any work done on performance critical subroutines should be done
> carefully.

I would precise:

Any major changes that are supposed to improve performance
should be first backed up by profiling results or complexity analysis
that clearly confirm promised gains.

Such results also could be used as not-slower-than reference
in later benchmarks.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net