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#curl decomplexification continued

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/24/decomplexification-continued/

decomplexification continued

Last spring I wrote a blog post about our ongoing work in the background to gradually simplify the curl source code over time. This is a follow-up: a status update of what we have done since then and what comes next. In May 2025 I had just managed to get the worst function in curl … Continue reading decomplexification continued →

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@bagder From my experience: improving the worst cases matters a lot. Devs don’t dare to touch too complex code, and when they are forced to do so they will make the change, usually, in a non-optimal way since they cannot really understand what’s happening. Simplifying these might end in a “ah, _this_ is what is happening here” moment
Feb 25 at 4:53pmWeb