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Re: Merging identical functions in GCC
- From: Ross Ridge <rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:15:51 -0400
- Subject: Re: Merging identical functions in GCC
Ross Ridge writes:
>Microsoft's implementation has proven that "stupid" byte comparions can
>generate significant savings.
Daniel Berlin wrtes:
>No they haven't.
So Microsoft and everyone who says they've got significant savings using
it is lying?
>But have fun implementing it in your linker, and still making it safe
>if that's what you really want.
>I'm not going to do that, and I don't believe it is a good idea.
I'm not asking you to do anything. I'm just telling you that I don't
think your idea is any good.
Ross Ridge