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Re: Loop unrolling
- To: vonbrand at sleipnir dot valparaiso dot cl
- Subject: Re: Loop unrolling
- From: mrs at wrs dot com (Mike Stump)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:09:38 -0700
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
Ok, that's two people that don't mind just ripping all special
handling of empty loops out. If that is the direction the maintainers
choose, then the right patch to install is one that just removes the
hair of it all, or maybe one that says gcc used to try and preserve
empty loops in the past, but now doesn't as code can use other
mechanisms (like volatile) if they want.
So, I haven't heard from Jim or Jeff.... I won't object to it's
removal, as it seams kinda old to me. I agree, from a C++
perspective, it'd be nice to remove it, also it enhances the
predictability of the compiler.
So, I guess this is the close of this thread... I think everything
important has been said, and all side presented, now just up to Law
and/or whoever else he chooses. :-)