long strings are created directly in final position when possible

(instead of using an auxiliar buffer to first create the string
and then allocate the final string and copy result there)

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lgc.c b/lgc.c
index 22d36aed..924445fa 100644
--- a/lgc.c
+++ b/lgc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.205 2015/03/25 13:42:19 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.206 2015/07/13 13:30:03 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -769,12 +769,11 @@ static GCObject **sweeptolive (lua_State *L, GCObject **p, int *n) {
 */
 
 /*
-** If possible, free concatenation buffer and shrink string table
+** If possible, shrink string table
 */
 static void checkSizes (lua_State *L, global_State *g) {
   if (g->gckind != KGC_EMERGENCY) {
     l_mem olddebt = g->GCdebt;
-    luaZ_freebuffer(L, &g->buff);  /* free concatenation buffer */
     if (g->strt.nuse < g->strt.size / 4)  /* string table too big? */
       luaS_resize(L, g->strt.size / 2);  /* shrink it a little */
     g->GCestimate += g->GCdebt - olddebt;  /* update estimate */