From 74139112d0b5c6002a3bdefd1c73b77fd24b3737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:57:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] explain the purpose of CONFIG_CXX_ALLOCATOR --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4bd5e07..25cf2cf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ make command as follows: The available configuration options are the following: * `CONFIG_CXX_ALLOCATOR`: `true` (default) or `false` to control whether the - C++ allocator is replaced + C++ allocator is replaced for slightly improved performance and detection of + mismatched sizes for sized deallocation (often type confusion bugs). This + will result in linking against the C++ standard library. Compile-time configuration is available in the `config.h` file for controlling the balance between security and performance / memory usage. By default, all