Rewritten to cache iconv conversion descriptors. On at least some Unix
2002-01-21 Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj@ximian.com>
* glib/gconvert.c (open_converter): Rewritten to cache iconv
conversion descriptors. On at least some Unix systems like
Solaris, iconv_open() must dlopen the necessary charset modules in
order to setup the descriptor. This can take a major toll on
performace if you are constantly opening and closing conversion
descriptors for the same charset conversions over and over.
(g_convert_with_fallback): Use close_converter() rather than
g_iconv_close() since open_converter() now caches iconv
descriptors.