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Re: rm improvements from next rebased and pulled onto master


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: rm improvements from next rebased and pulled onto master
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:22:30 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-09)

* Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:17:50AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Jim Meyering writes:
> >> Here's post-7.6 NEWS so far:
> >>     rm -r deletes deep hierarchies more efficiently.  Before, it took 
> >> O(N^2)
> >>     time, now it takes O(N).
> >
> > What is N?  The number of files removed, the number of directories removed,
> > the maximal subdirectory depth?

> It's the latter, as implied by the preceding "deep hierarchies".

Thanks.  I suggest adding
  , with N the subdirectory depth.

to the NEWS entry.  Still two lines, but much more precise now.  :-)




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