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[patch, wwwdocs] Mention work on array temporaries
- From: Thomas Koenig <tkoenig at netcologne dot de>
- To: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:48:04 +0100
- Subject: [patch, wwwdocs] Mention work on array temporaries
Hello world,
here is a patch for wwwdocs mentioning the improvements in array
temporaries.
If anybody has suggestions on improvements of the wording, I would
appreciate that.
OK?
Index: changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.6/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.73
diff -u -r1.73 changes.html
--- changes.html 27 Nov 2010 10:26:28 -0000 1.73
+++ changes.html 9 Dec 2010 19:14:43 -0000
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@
support <code>REAL(16)</code> in hardware nor those which do not support
<code>libquadmath</code>.</li>
<li>Much improved compile time for large array constructors.</li>
+ <li>Use of temporary arrays in assignment expressions is avoided for
+ many cases. The compiler now reverses loops in order to avoid
+ generating a temporary array where possible.</li>
<li>Improved diagnostics, especially with
<code>-fwhole-file</code>.</li>
<li>The <code>-fwhole-file</code> flag is now enabled by default. This