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Re: [RFC] Turn on -mapp-regs by default on Solaris
> As Eric pointed out to me, even Sun's compiler does -mapp-reg
> by default.
>
> It's kind of amusing that Solaris Sparc targets have been
> without 3 or 4 registers since ~1999. Heck, that's how
> many integer registers some targets have total :-)
Indeed, and that's why I'm pondering putting it on the 4.0 branch too once it
reopens. Technically it's a regression and the Solaris users would not have
to wait another full year for the "fix".
And this could bring a slight performance boost to 4.x at almost no cost. :-)
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Eric Botcazou