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Porting/todo.pod: Add note to ‘repack the optree’
authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Tue, 7 Jun 2016 05:30:17 +0000 (22:30 -0700)
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Tue, 7 Jun 2016 05:30:17 +0000 (22:30 -0700)
Porting/todo.pod

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@@ -1022,6 +1022,9 @@ See also L</"Extend PerlIO and PerlIO::Scalar">.
 
 =head2 repack the optree
 
+B<Note:> This entry was written in reference to the I<old> slab allocator,
+removed in commit 7aef8e5bd14.
+
 Repacking the optree after execution order is determined could allow
 removal of NULL ops, and optimal ordering of OPs with respect to cache-line
 filling.  I think that