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Re: [wwwdocs] A few more 4.1 changes items
On Wednesday 03 August 2005 00:59, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> > Index: htdocs/gcc-4.1/changes.html
> > ===================================================================
> > +<h3>RS6000 (POWER/PowerPC)</h3>
> > + <ul>
> > + <li>The AltiVec vector primitives are now implemented in a way that
> > puts + a smaller burden on the preprocessor, instead processing the
> > + "overloading" in the C front-end. This should benefit compilation
> > + speed on AltiVec vector code.</li>
> > + </ul>
>
> Are these primitives also supported in the C/C++/Objective-C front ends?
Yes. I've rewritten it a bit to clarify that this affects all
languages that can include altivec.h:
<li>The AltiVec vector primitives in <code><altivec.h></code> are
now implemented in a way that puts a smaller burden on the
preprocessor, instead processing the "overloading" in the front ends.
This should benefit compilation speed on AltiVec vector code.</li>
Gr.
Steven