>>>> SL Baur writes:
John W Jones <jj(a)asu.edu> writes:
> Is it typical for it to take so many tries to get the purespace
> right?
How many times did it take, 3? The maximum number of times it
should resize is 3. This will occur when the purespace starts out
too small.
If the purespace starts out much larger than the size needed we can
guarantee two passes. The first time through computes the exact
size, the second time through gets it right on the nose.
There should never be a need for four (or more) passes.
This looks like four (copied out of beta.err):
Purespace usage: 97000 of 652296 (15% -- 542k wasted).
Purespace usage: 774536 of 652296
Purespace usage: 766148 of 774536 (99% -- 8k wasted).
Purespace usage: 766148 of 766148 (100%).
John Jones
jj(a)asu.edu