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Re: [cxx-conversion] Make double_int a class with methods and operators. (issue6443093)

Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net> writes:
>> Constructors are allowed, but PODs are often passed more efficiently.
>> That property seemed particularly important for double_int.
>
> Show us the difference in timing.  Show us the generated code.  I
> can't imagine that it could ever matter.

I'm also curious about that statement...  PODs don't really seem to
offer much advantage with modern compilers, except in a few very
specific cases (of which this doesn't seem to be one), e.g. in unions.

-miles

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