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From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
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On Wed, 22 Jul 2020, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Markus, you are welcome to try this since you are concerned about it.
>
> I dare to point software design variations for some reasons.
>
>
> > But it doesn't matter.
>
> Under which circumstances would you begin to care more for involved differences
> in corresponding run time characteristics?

When the difference is hours vs seconds.  In this case, there are
tradeoffs between the two options, andI don't know which would be faster,
but I think it is extremely unlikely that the difference is noticible.
But if you are concerned about it, you are welcome to try.

julia