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Re: kernel-2.2.1-undefined references.
- To: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: kernel-2.2.1-undefined references.
- From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:08:50 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, hpa@transmeta.com, alan.cox@linux.org
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- In-Reply-To: <36BF1990.4936.qmail@smurf.noris.de> from Matthias Urlichs at "Feb 8, 99 06:06:24 pm"
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> Why is that a weakness? If the compiler's optimizer says "this code runs
> faster when not inlined" (I can think of a couple of reasons why it would
> even be right doing that...), I'm not qualified to contradict it.
No, you have it the wrong way around. The human should be assumed
smarter than the compiler: if you say that this should be inlined, the
compiler better not contradict you.
-hpa