Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/make

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

"Roland Illig" wrote:

> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	rillig
> Date:		Sun Aug  2 09:43:22 UTC 2020
>
> Modified Files:
>
> 	src/usr.bin/make: var.c
>
> Log Message:
>
> make(1): use shorter local variable names
>
> The c in cp was redundant since the context makes it obvious that this
> is a character pointer. In a tight loop where lots of characters are
> compared, every letter counts.

I don't understand the intent of this commit.  Are you saying the length
of a C variable name has some sort of impact on code execution speed?

Cheers,
Simon.