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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] increase the default memory limit in 5.2.0+
From: sesser@php.net (Stefan Esser)

Hello,
> After having tested 5.2 and the new memory manager for a couple of
> weeks, I notice a significant increase of the reported memory usage. As
> a side effect, many applications reach the 8M memory limit. It can be
> a problem.
>
> A good example is to compare the usage of a pear/pecl command between
> 5.1 and 5.2.
>   
The question is why do we want a new memory manager that seems to
allocate 1.5 times more memory than the old one.
I haven't looked into it yet, but for me this looks like a waste of
ressources. What are the advantages of it. I really doubt,
that a significant speed increase can be measured, and I wonder if it
worth the waste of memory.

Yours,
Stefan Esser