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Re: VTA merge - cmdline
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 07:03:17AM -0400, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>> I agree. Yes, --param was originally about optimization, but I believe
>> that it should be used for magic constants which are not intended to
>> affect the behavior of the generated code, including the speed at which
>> it runs, the space which it consumes, and so forth.
>
> Does this imply that it should not be used for constants which should
> affect the behavior of the generated code?
No; in particular, it should be used for optimization parameters, which
do of course affect the behavior of the generated code as described above.
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